Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional aliases

Flash (DC Comics character) The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date ...

, several DC Comics superheroes with super speed: **

Flash (Barry Allen) The Flash (comics), Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #4 (October 1956), created by writer Robert Kani ...

Flash (Jay Garrick) Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first superhero known as the Flash. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. He first appeared in ''Flas ...

Wally West Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as the original Kid Flash and the third Flash (DC Comics character), Flash. His power consists mainly of speedster (fiction), superhuman speed. ...

, the first Kid Flash and third adult Flash **

Bart Allen Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A speedster (fiction), speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash (c ...

, the second Kid Flash who also became the adult hero for a time *

Flash (G.I. Joe) Flash is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's original laser rifle trooper and debuted in 1982. Profile His real name is Anthony S. Gambello, and his ...

, a character in the G.I. Joe universe * Flash, a robot in the video game ''Brave Saga 2'' * Flash, a character in the comedy film ''

Daddy Day Care ''Daddy Day Care'' is a 2003 American Children's film, family comedy film starring Eddie Murphy in the lead role, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, and Anjelica Huston. Written by Geoff Rodkey and directed by Steve Carr, it marks Murphy and ...

'' (2003) * Flash, a character in the TV science fiction drama '' Real Humans'' * Flash, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie ''

Speed Zone ''Speed Zone'' (also known as ''Cannonball Fever'' and ''Cannonball Run III'') is a 1989 American action comedy film set around an illegal cross-country race (inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash). The plot fo ...

'' * Flash, a character in the TV sitcom '' Step by Step'' * Flash, a character in the film ''

Zootopia ''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, ...

'' (2016) *

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

, the titular hero of science fiction comic strip * Flash Sentry, in ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' *

Flash Thompson Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 196 ...

, a Marvel comic book character

Films

* ''Flash'' (1997 film), Disney Channel * ''Flash'' (2007 film), Malayalam * ''The Flash'' (film), a US planned release

Games

* ''Flash'' (pinball), a 1979 Williams pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie * Teen patti or Flash, a three-card poker-style game, popular in South Asia * ''The Flash'' (video game), a 1991 action video game

Literature

Comics

* ''

Flash Comics ''Flash Comics'' is a comics anthology published by All-American Publications and later by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics). The title had 104 issues published from January 1940 to February 1949. Despite the title, the anthology featu ...

'', a 1940s anthology comic book * ''The Flash'' (DC Rebirth), a comic book in the DC Rebirth relaunch * ''The Flash'' (comic book), an ongoing comic book featuring the titular DC Comics hero

Other literature

* ''Flash'' (Krentz novel), a 1998 romance novel by Jayne Ann Krentz * ''Flash'' (Modesitt novel), a 2004 science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt * ''Flash'' (newspaper), a community newspaper of Auckland City, New Zealand

Music

Artists

Flash (band) Flash was an English progressive rock group, formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks, vocalist Colin Carter, bassist Ray Bennett, and drummer Mike Hough in August 1971. Early career The band went into the recording studio in November 1 ...

, a 1970s progressive rock group

Albums and EPs

* ''Flash'' (Amoyamo album) (2013) * ''Flash'' (EP), a 2010 extended play album by Crystal Kay * ''Flash'' (Jeff Beck album) (1985) * ''Flash'' (Electric Food album) (1970) * ''Flash'' (Flash album) (1972) * ''Flash'' (Moving Sidewalks album) (1968) * ''Flash'' (Towa Tei album) (2005) * ''Flash'', a 1996 album by Red Five

Songs

* "Flash" (Iggy Azalea song), 2012 * "Flash" (B.B.E. song), 1997 * "Flash" (Perfume song), 2016 * "Flash" (Queen song), 1980 * "Flash" (Stéphanie song), 1986 * "Flash" (X1 song), 2019 * "Flashes" (song), a 1931 composition by Bix Beiderbecke

Television

* ''The Flash'' (1990 TV series), a 1990 American superhero series * ''The Flash'' (2014 TV series), a 2014 American superhero series

Military

* FLASH (Z), a military message precedence designation *

M202 FLASH The M202 FLASH ("Flame Assault Shoulder") is an American rocket launcher manufactured by Northrop Corporation, designed to replace the World War II–vintage flamethrowers (such as the M1 and the M2) that remained the military's standard incendi ...

, a rocket launcher *

Operation Flash Operation Flash ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Operacija Bljesak, Операција Бљесак) was a brief Croatian Army (HV) offensive conducted against the forces of the self-declared proto-state Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) from 1&nda ...

, a May 1995 Croatian Army offensive in Western Slavonia *

Tactical recognition flash Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A TRF serves to quickly identify the regiment or corps of t ...

, a coloured patch worn on the arm of combat clothing to distinguish their regiment or corps

People

In arts and entertainment

Flash (wrestler) Fuego (born December 11, 1981) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His original ring character, Flash, w ...

(born 1957), masked professional wrestler *

Flash Brown Flash Brown (born January 17, 1981) is the stage name of an American pornographic actor, model, and former professional basketball player. In his early adult career, he received both the Urban X Award for Best Male Newcomer and the XBIZ Award fo ...

(born 1981), pornographic actor and basketball player *

Adam Flash Douglas Adam Becker (born on October 22, 1971) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adam Flash. Over his career, he has worked for various independent promotions, including Maryland Championship Wrestling, Independe ...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler *

Flash Flanagan Christopher Kindred (born April 6, 1974) is an American professional wrestler who has appeared in numerous independent wrestling leagues, such as Xtreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the global phenomenon companies, World Wrestling Entertainm ...

(born 1974), American professional wrestler *

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Fur ...

(born 1958), American hip hop musician and DJ *

Larry "Flash" Jenkins Larry "Flash" Jenkins (May 10, 1955 – April 25, 2019) was an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life, family and education Jenkins was born on Long Island, New York. He graduated from Fenger High School in C ...

(born 1955), American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter *

Scott Norton Scott Norton (born June 15, 1961) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, in which he was a member of the New World Order (professional wrest ...

(born 1961), American professional wrestler *

Flash Terry Flash Terry (June 17, 1934 – March 18, 2004) was an American guitarist and singer. Terry was notably instrumental in the birth of blues and blues rock in the state of Oklahoma. He was born Verbie Gene Terry in Inola, Oklahoma, United State ...

(1934–2004), American guitarist and singer

In sport

* Flash, on the TV show '' American Gladiators'' *

Gabriel Elorde Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at supe ...

(1935–1985), Filipino professional boxer * Richard Flash (born 1976), English footballer *

Josh Gordon Joshua Caleb Gordon (born April 13, 1991) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He previously played for the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Tennessee Titans. Nicknamed ...

(born 1991), American football player *

Flash Hollett Frank William "Bill, Flash" Hollett (April 13, 1911 – April 20, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins and Detroit R ...

(1911–1999), Canadian ice hockey defenceman *

Cordarrelle Patterson Cordarrelle Patterson ( ; born March 17, 1991), nicknamed "Flash", is an American football player for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). A versatile utility player, he plays running back, wide receiver, return speciali ...

(born 1991), American football player *

Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979) is a Scottish auto racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Ki ...

(born 1979), British racing driver *

Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (; born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Wade spent the majority of his 16-year career playing for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and won three NBA champi ...

(born 1982), American basketball player *

Lee Young-ho Lee Young-ho (, born 5 July 1992) is a South Korean '' StarCraft: Brood War'' and ''StarCraft II'' player who played Terran for the Korean pro-gaming team KT Rolster under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. He made his debut as a StarCraft: Bro ...

(born 1992), South Korean professional Starcraft player also known as "Flash"

Other people

George Flash George Flash ( he, ג'ורג' פלש, born 1909, died 22 November 1990) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1955. Biography Born in Reșița in Austria-Hungary (today in Roman ...

(1909–1990), Israeli politician *

Sandy Flash James Fitzpatrick (1748 – September 26, 1778), also known as Sandy Flash, was an American highwayman who operated in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Delaware counties west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d ...

(died 1778), American highwayman *

Mark Kennedy (policeman) Mark Kennedy (born 7 July 1969), undercover name Mark Stone, is a former London Metropolitan Police officer who, whilst attached to the police service's National Public Order Intelligence Unit, (NPOIU) infiltrated many protest groups between ...

, known undercover as Flash or Mark Stone

Places

Flash, Staffordshire Flash is a village within the Staffordshire Moorlands local government district of England, and the Peak District National Park. It is currently the highest recognised village in the United Kingdom. Population details taken at the 2011 census can ...

, England, a village *

The Flash (lake) The Flash ( cy, Y Flash or historically cy, Pwll Gwenllian, label=none) or Gresford Flash is a lake located near Borras and Gresford, in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The Flash is an artificial lake which is commonly used for sailing and othe ...

, a lake near Borras, Wales

Science and technology

Computing

Adobe Flash Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia Computing platform, software platform used for production of Flash animation, animations, rich web applications, application software, desktop applications, mobile apps, mo ...

(formerly Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash), multimedia platform software *

Flash memory Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both us ...

, a kind of non-volatile computer memory * ''Flash!'', the bundled graphics package for the

SAM Coupé Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional ...

Other uses in science and technology

Flash (manufacturing) Flash, also known as flashing, is excess material attached to a molded, forged, or cast product, which must usually be removed. This is typically caused by leakage of the material between the two surfaces of a mold (beginning along the parting li ...

, an excess material attached to a moulded product along a parting line *

Flash (photography) A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting 1/1000 to 1/200 of a second) at a color temperature of about 5500 K to help illuminate a scene. A major purpose of a flash is to illuminate a ...

, instantaneous illumination for picture taking *

FLASH Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional aliases * Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed: ** Flash (Barry Allen) ** Flash (Jay Garrick) ** Wally West, the first Kid ...

, a particle physics facility in Germany *

Flash lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of an average o ...

, a lightning burst within a cloud (Intracloud) *

FlAsH-EDT2 FlAsH-EDT2 is an organoarsenic compound with molecular formula C24H18As2O5S4. Its structure is based around a fluorescein core with two 1,3,2-dithiarsolane substituents. It is used in bioanalytical research as a fluorescent label for visualisi ...

or FlAsH tag, a fluorescent label for proteins *

Fly Castelluccio Flash The Fly Castelluccio Flash is a family of Italian paramotors that was designed and produced by Fly Castelluccio of Ascoli Piceno for powered paragliding. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft were supplied complete and read ...

, an Italian paramotor design *

Hook flash On analog telephone lines with special services, a flash or register-recall signal is used to control functions on the public telephone exchange, PBX or VoIP ATA. The term "register-recall" in Europe refers to sending a discrete signal to alert t ...

in telephony, often labelled on buttons as simply 'flash' *

, a rocket launcher *

Tilbury Flash __NOTOC__ The Tilbury Flash is a single-seat American racing monoplane designed and built in the 1930s by Owen Tilbury and Cecil Fundy. The aircraft was built in 1932 and was entered in the US National Air Races. At Cleveland, at the time it was ...

, an American racing monoplane built in the 1930s *

Fast low angle shot magnetic resonance imaging Fast low angle shot magnetic resonance imaging (FLASH MRI) is a particular MRI sequence, sequence of magnetic resonance imaging. It is a gradient echo sequence which combines a low-flip angle radio-frequency excitation of the nuclear magnetic reson ...

(FLASH), an MRI pulse-sequence

Sports

Flash (juggling) In toss juggling, a flash is either a form of numbers juggling where each ball in a juggling pattern is only thrown and caught once or it is a juggling trick where every prop is simultaneously in the air and both hands are empty.

, a type of throwing and catching *

Delaware Blue Coats The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware, and are affiliated with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The team was founde ...

, originally the Utah Flash, an NBA Development League team *

Flash Engineering Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad founded and owned by Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransso ...

, a Swedish motorsports team *

Flash Stakes The Flash Stakes was an important and prestigious race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses and one of the longest running horse racing events in America. Run before races were graded, the Flash was won by a host of starry names. Begun before ...

, a former Thoroughbred horse race *

Kent State Golden Flashes The Kent State Golden Flashes are the athletic teams that represent Kent State University. The university fields 19 varsity athletic teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level with football competing in ...

or just the Flashes, the athletics teams of Kent State University *

Las Vegas Flash The Las Vegas Flash were an inline hockey team which existed for one season in 1994. The Flash were a part of Roller Hockey International. The team's home games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center. The franchise was previously known as: *Utah ...

, an inline hockey team in 1994 *

Monterrey Flash The Monterrey Flash, is a Mexican professional indoor soccer team based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 2011 as part of the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rapido Profesional (LMFRPro), the team made its debut in the Professional Arena Socc ...

, a Mexican indoor soccer team formed in 2011 *

Rochester Flash The Rochester Flash was an American soccer club based in Rochester, New York that was a member of the American Soccer League. History In 1981, the Rochester Flash entered the American Soccer League, playing its home games at Holleder Memorial ...

, a former American Soccer League team *

San Diego Flash San Diego Flash was an American soccer team based in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1998, the team returned to competitive play in 2011 and most recently played in the Southern Conference of the West Division of the National P ...

, a soccer team based in San Diego, California *

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American soccer club based in Elma, New York that competed in the United Women's Soccer league. They have won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Profess ...

, an American women's soccer franchise

Other uses

* Flash (cleaning product), the trading name of Mr. Clean in the UK and Ireland *

Flash (lake) A flash is a body of water that forms where the land below it has subsided. Whilst these are mostly found in areas where mining has taken place, some can occur naturally. Collectively they are known as ''Flashes'' History Flash is recorded as b ...

, a body of water that forms where the land below it has subsided *

Flash (tattoo) A tattoo flash is a design printed or drawn on paper or Corrugated fiberboard, cardboard, displayed on the walls of tattoo parlors and in binders to give walk-in customers ideas for tattoos. Traditional tattoo flash was designed for rapid tattoo ...

, a source pattern for body art * Flash, to expose a person's private parts to another person in

exhibitionism Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context one's intimate parts – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to group ...

* Flash, a lightning bolt symbol, for example in Flash and Circle *

Flash Airlines Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company. The airline operated two Boeing 737-3Q8 aircraft manufactured in 1993 on non-scheduled commercial passenger flights o ...

, a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt *

Flash BRT Flash BRT is a bus rapid transit network in Montgomery County, Maryland with one operational line and two more under development. When complete, the network will run along U.S. 29 from Silver Spring to Burtonsville, Maryland Route 355 from B ...

, a bus rapid transit network in Montgomery County, Maryland * ''Flash'' (magazine), a quarterly Australian photography magazine