Eddie Thawne

Eddie Thawne was a police detective of the Keystone City Police Department until he transferred to Central City Police Department. He was the partner of Joe West, the fiancé of Iris West, a good friend of Barry Allen and an ancestor of Eobard Thawne.

Nicknamed Detective Pretty Boy by Joe, he was one of the first police officers in the CCPD to learn of the existence of meta-humans - second only to Joe - and eventually learned of Barry's secret identity as the Flash. Learning he would be Eobard's ancestor, Eddie would later sacrifice himself to erase the Reverse-Flash's existence, saving his friends' lives and preventing any further harm to Central City and to time itself. Eddie was short and overweight as a child, and was frequently picked on by bullies as a result; the taunts often turned into physical violence, and he suffered many beatings at the hands of his tormentors, getting his "ass kicked, a lot".

Publication Information

Flash : Eddie Thawne
Version : The Flash Series
Multiverse : Earth One
Known As :
- Police detective of Keystone City Police Department
- Detective Pretty Boy
Relative :
- Unnamed : Father
- Unnamed : Mother
- Agnes : Grandmother
- Eobard Thawne : Future descendant
- Iris West : Fiancée
Origin : Earth One
Season : The Flash
First Appeareance : The Flash Season 1 : Pilot
Last Appeareance :
Number of Appeareance :
Potrayer : Rick Cosnett
Main View : Full Episod

Eddie bullying problem worsened when his father, a senator, was responsible for the closure of a factory's closure that many people depended on. The bullying continued to escalate until eventually his sympathetic gym coach trained him to fight back. Eddie also found it difficult to make friends.

Original timeline

Eddie later became a police detective in Keystone City. At some point, Eddie conceived progeny with an unknown woman, though his role in the progeny's upbringing is unclear. He lived an apparently uneventful life in law enforcement.

Pre-Flashpoint

Service with C.C.P.D.

In late 2013, Eddie transferred from Keystone City to the Central City Police Department. Later, on the night of the unveiling of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator, Eddie stopped a thief who had stolen Iris West's laptop and took him back to Central City Police Department. Sometime after Detective Fred Chyre was killed, Eddie became Joe West's new partner and begun dating Iris in secret.[3] Some 9 months later, Eddie greeted Barry Allen, happy to see Barry back at work after waking up from a coma, before he and Joe left to investigate a robbery at Gold City Bank.

Death

Though the group finally managed to capture the Reverse-Flash with the help of the Arrow and Firestorm, Eddie fell into a period of depression following his encounter with Eobard, and remained painfully aware of everything that his ancestor had revealed to him about the future. In an attempt to comfort him, Martin Stein theorized that Eddie was an anomaly in time, describing him as "a coincidence" and capable of choosing his own future. This encouraged Eddie to disregard his belief in destiny and repair his relationship with Iris, saying "screw the future".

Legacy

Original timeline

Ultimately, Eddie's life had very minimal historical significance and was the only member of his own family history that had virtually no record of unlike his descendants which comprised of successful scientists, politicians and captains of industry. However, Eobard knew of Eddie's existence and considered Eddie a failure of within their family.

Current timeline

Eddie's suicide erased his demented descendant Eobard from existence, preventing any further damage to the timeline and effectively saving the future from the villain's wrath. Barry, Iris and Joe were left to grieve for Eddie in secret, painfully aware that the rest of the world could never learn of his sacrifice. The deaths of both Eddie and Ronnie Raymond caused Barry to work alone for a period of 6 months in an attempt to prevent anyone else from getting hurt by his actions, as he blamed himself for both his friends getting killed. Barry continues to highly regard both individuals as the true heroes who stopped Eobard and saved Central City.

Barry experienced a mid-day vision of defeating Captain Cold and Heat Wave with Firestorm's help; Eddie was there amongst everyone praising the Flash's efforts after their skirmish. Eddie's photo was displayed on the wall for fallen officers as a memorial. Eddie's death also caused Iris to hold herself back from finding someone else. After Barry had traveled back in time and saw Eddie again, Barry had Eddie leave a message for Iris. This message was later brought to Iris who happily cried upon hearing the message and helped Iris move on from him.

Eobard is later pulled out of the timeline, learned of Eddie's death, and wanted to undo this paradox with the Spear of Destiny. When Barry goes into the Speed Force to rescue Wally West, the Speed Force appears as Eddie has a heart-to-heart talk with Barry about the Flashpoint timeline. When Barry discovers that Savitar is a time remnant from the future, Barry briefly contemplates suicide before Savitar points out that Eddie's suicide didn't nullify Eobard's existence.

Abilities

High-level intellect/Expert detective: As a police detective of the Central City Police Department Eddie continuously proved himself a highly skilled detective.
Expert hand-to-hand combatant : As a police detective, Eddie was an expert in hand-to-hand combat. As seen during a discussion with Barry, Eddie also had a degree of fist-fighting skills that he had honed from a young age thanks to his gym teacher lessons. He helped exemplify this by teaching Barry about proper striking methods. His fighting abilities are proved when he temporarily manage to overpower Hannibal Bates, who is a master fighter.
Expert marksman/Firearms : As a police detective, Eddie was skilled in the use of firearms.

Equipment