"(If) I say I'm gonna be somewhere, I'll be there like a flash!" – Bart Allen, Run
Bart Allen is a superhuman adolescent with the power of super speed. He is a full-time member of the Justice League, and goes under the codename Impulse.
When Bart was first seen in Run, he had short blond hair, wore a red hoodie, yellow cargo pants, red running shoes, and was constantly seen with his red-lightning bolted backpack. He is currently 5'8" and weighs 145 lbs.[1]
When he returned in Justice he had curly brown hair and his facial features matured. He still continued to wear his primary costume colors of red and yellow.
When he was last seen in Doomsday, Bart looked slightly older and he still wore a red and yellow combination of clothing and had shorter hair than in Justice.
As Impulse, Bart wears a costume slightly similar to Oliver's Green Arrow outfit. His costume includes a red vest with a hood that has yellow lightning designs on it with a lightning bolt on the back. Underneath that he wears a long-sleeved dark red shirt with a pair of dark red jeans, a dark red belt and red shoes. He also wears a red cuff around each wrist and a pair of red sunglasses.
When I'm asleep, I'm just as slow as everyone else. - Bart Allen, Run
At first, Bart was impulsive, irreverent, and unconcerned with laws or property. Whenever possible, Bart financed an extravagant lifestyle with stolen goods and credit cards as he hates to sleep outside. Now Bart is more concerned with people's well-being. He also seems to have an obnoxious sense of humor and is very flirtatious towards women, especially Chloe.
When Bart was young, he was in an accident involving a bright flash of light. In turn, he realized he could move at incredible speeds having improved super fast reflexes.Bart escapes from Clark
Super speed: Bart can run, exercise, or move his body at overwhelming speeds; he can run and sprint at superhuman speeds. Bart Allen can run at just over lightspeed, so he can run on water, pass through objects and is faster then Clark Kent. (Run, Justice, Doomsday) In fact, based on the outcome of Clark Kent's past attempts to "catch" him, it is likely that Bart's top speed relative to Clark, is at least comparable to Clark's top speed relative to the average human, and possibly even faster.
Super stamina: Bart can run and exercise for long periods of time without getting too tired. However, this endurance is not unlimited, and running too long can overtax his body. (Justice)
Intangibility: According to Toyman's files, Bart can move fast enough to pass through solid objects. (Prophecy) [picture needed]
Super metabolism: Bart can consume vast quantities of food without gaining weight. This is because he burns off the food considerably faster then normal people due to the speed he runs, meaning he also needs to eat more then other people to keep himself from being fatigued. (Justice)
Although Bart is a metahuman and can run at incredible speeds, he isn't invincible as he doesn't possess any invulnerability and can be hurt by humans, tasers, and electrocution. This is evident when he tried to steal LuthorCorp information regarding Level 33.1 and was tricked and knocked unconscious by an electric charge.
Also, when he uses his ability too long, his nose begins to bleed and when he is severely depleted of energy and is unable to use his super speed which is shown in the episode Justice. He is also shown to have a supercharged metabolism that requires an abnormally high caloric intake shown again in Justice.
Bart found it difficult to cope with his new-found powers, feeling like an outsider, even at home, he ran away. He began life as a petty thief to get by and soon began working for people who bought goods off of him. Leading him to live an extravagant lifestyle, often using false names along the way.
In 2004, Bart worked with a fence named Hanison, although Hanison often cheated Bart out of the stolen goods' true value. Bart happened to be in Metropolis when Jonathan Kent was about to get run over by a drunk driver. Before Clark Kent could rescue him, Bart rescued Jonathan at super-speed but also stole his wallet.
Clark tracked his father's credit cards and located the hotel room in which Bart was staying. Bart said to Clark, "I'll be a thousand miles away before you can even blink," and Clark replied, "I don't know, I can blink pretty fast." They had a "race" in which they seemed to be almost evenly matched in speed until Bart took off over the water, while Clark hesitantly stopped at the water's edge. Bart was amazed to find another person with super powers, just as Clark was to find someone with powers who was not from Smallville.
Bart and Clark bonded (Bart even took to his friends, flirting with Chloe), but they argued because Clark tried to make Bart believe that stealing for any purpose was wrong. Bart believed that he only stole to buy food and shelter, and that he wasn't harming anybody because the company canceled the illegitimate charges. Later, he followed Clark to the Luthor Mansion where Lex Luthor showed Clark a valuable Russian manuscript.
Bart later returned to the mansion and stole the manuscript while Clark was reading it, and took it to Hanison, where Lex tracked it down. Hanison was willing to kill Bart over the manuscript but Clark saved him. Bart wanted to make a getaway with it, even after Clark asked him if he still thought that his thefts hurt no one, but was reminded of Clark's warning that he should use his gift nobly. In the end, he returned the manuscript and left Smallville to find other special people like himself and Clark. As they parted ways, Bart demonstrated vast super speed, during which he outran Clark.
"Back then I needed a super kick in butt and you laid it on me and ever since then there's been no more stealing for this gringo I swear." - Bart to Clark, Justice
Two years later, Oliver Queen found Bart stealing a meal in Star City. Oliver believed Bart was a good kid, but just needed a little direction and offered him a job. Bart joined Oliver's group of heroes, and Oliver gave him the codename "Impulse" for his impulsive nature. Bart traveled to Mexico to infiltrate a LuthorCorp facility for Oliver.
He returned to Metropolis in time to save Chloe Sullivan from getting shot by Dr. Caselli. Bart then got back in touch with Clark after a small race. He told Clark that he had really learned what he tried to teach him, and declared that he had quit stealing. Clark soon learned that Bart had in fact stolen information from LuthorCorp, but Bart did not tell him that he was working for Oliver.
Bart left to do another job for Oliver, but fell into a trap set up by Lex Luthor. Lex put him in a chamber and forced him to run at super-speed or risk being electrocuted until he agreed to talk. Clark went to rescue Bart, but was incapacitated by refined kryptonite.
Oliver donned his Green Arrow garb and, along with his other team members Cyborg and Aquaman, infiltrated the lab, saved Clark and Bart, and blew up the facility. Bart left with the "Justice League" and continued working to stop other 33.1 facilities around the world.
"So it's the final resting place for the bony space invader?" Bart to Clark, Doomsday
When Clark and Lex disappeared from the arctic in the Fortress of Solitude, Bart and Victor Stone searched the entire southern hemisphere for them and found nothing. Later, Oliver mentioned that Clark went on a JL mission with Bart in Keystone City and he is seen along with A.C., Victor, and Dinah on Chloe's computer screens in the Isis Foundation.
Bart and Dinah were called to the Kent Barn to help Clark and Oliver battle Doomsday, Bart brought schematics of the Geothermal LuthorCorp facility for Clark to help him with his plan to defeat Doomsday. Clark explained that they had a tunnel that was a mile deep under earth and he planned to bury Doomsday there before the tunnel was destroyed. He then gave Bart the Black Kryptonite and explained that it would separate Davis Bloome from Doomsday.
Even though the two learned that Oliver killed Lex Luthor, Bart still sided with Oliver to take Doomsday down for good. Clark was at his desk when Black Canary told him via audio message that they had located Chloe and Davis and he used his super-hearing to find them. He super sped off and found their car with Black Canary and Impulse waiting for him. They told him that they're doing it for him when Green Arrow shot him with a Kryptonite dart. Clark collapsed and told them they're making a mistake.
Chloe awoke at the Geothermal facility to find Green Arrow, Impulse and Black Canary standing over an unconscious Davis. Bart told her he knocked them both out at super-speed and they brought them here. She realized they wanted to kill Davis and she noticed the Black kryptonite in Bart's bag, and when the league tried to get rid of Davis, Bart was punched out by Davis in mid transformation. Chloe used the black kryptonite on Davis, splitting him from Doomsday. A fight presumably took place, when Clark arrived they were all down and when he was going after Doomsday he asked the league if he could still trust them.
Bart attends Jimmy's funeral along side Dinah and Chloe
After Clark trapped Doomsday under Earth's surface, Bart attended the funeral of Jimmy Olsen to pay his respects. Following the funeral, Chloe told Clark at the new Watchtower base, that Bart, Dinah and Oliver were all missing.
Although never actually shown onscreen, when Oliver Queen somehow survived being hit by a truck while sitting helplessly in a car, Bart was later credited with saving him, as Chloe orchestrated the entire thing to turn Oliver back to being the Green Arrow.
Later, Clark told Chloe that Bart was in Metropolis and offered her to hang out with him to take a break from being Watchtower.
The government agency Checkmate wanted to know the locations of the Justice League members, including Bart, but John Jones managed to erase the memories of the agent of the organization - Amanda Waller.
When the Kandorians threatened earth and Clark was giving his speech about sacrificing himself, Bart was listening on the far left screen in Watchtower.
After Hawkman sacrificed his life to save Lois Lane from the villainous Slade Wilson, all Justice League members were present at a funeral service held in Carter's home country of Egypt, led by Stargirl. He was then left unconscious along with everybody else when a mysterious pyramid rose from the ground emitting a bright light.
He along with the rest of the heroes would held captive by the VRA, but would be freed, thanks to Chloe Sullivan and the Suicide Squad.
It's been discovered that the Toyman was handing out assignments or missions to the super-villian group, the Marionette Ventures, so they can eliminate each member of the Justice League. Captain Cold was assigned Bart Allen.
In the comic books, Bart is the fourth person to hold the mantle of The Flash. Preceding him were Jay Garrick, his grandfather Barry Allen, and his grandfather's nephew Wally West. He has a cousin in the future named XS who is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
The version of Bart Allen that is portrayed in Smallville is noticeably different from the character in the comics. For Smallville, the character has an almost obnoxious sense of humor. This is a character trait of Bart during his time as Impulse, but is toned down considerably when he becomes Kid Flash, and later, The Flash, in other venues.
In the comics, Bart Allen is born in the future, the grandson of the time-traveling Iris West-Allen. Suffering from a hyper-accelerated metabolism, Bart ages so fast that he appears to be twelve when he is chronologically and psychologically only two years old. To keep him from going insane he is raised in a virtual reality machine that creates a simulated world which keeps pace with Bart's scale of time. When it becomes clear that this method is not helping he is rescued by his grandmother, Iris Allen. Iris takes him back in time to the present, where Wally West, the Flash at the time, tracks him down in a race across the world. By forcing Bart into an extreme burst of speed, Wally manages to shock his hyper-metabolism back to normal.
Soon after, Bart joins Young Justice under the codename Impulse. After the disbanding of Young Justice, Bart joins the Teen Titans. After a debacle involving the assassin Deathstroke, Bart picks up the mantle of Kid Flash as a member of the Titans. He carries this mantle on up through DC's universe-spanning crossover event Infinite Crisis.
While attempting to stop the mad Superboy-Prime, Bart, along with Wally, Jay Garrick, and other speedsters of the DCU, their combined force and mass send all of the beings involved into an alternate reality. Superboy-Prime is imprisoned there for four years, with Bart, Wally, and Barry all guarding him. Prime eventually breaks out, and an older Bart follows him back into our reality. After a year without his powers, Bart returns and claims the mantle of the Flash, as Wally is absorbed into the Speed Force.
Even as a short stint as the main Speedster in the DCU, Bart Allen was killed by a team of Flash rogues in a final, successful attempt to save the city of Los Angeles. At around the same time, Wally West and family are retrieved from the Speed Force by the JLA and the Legion of Super-Heroes, as news of Bart's death begins to spread throughout the superhero community. Subsequently, Wally retook his mantle as the Flash. In recognition for the second fallen Flash, a statue of him is constructed at the Flash Museum in Central City.
Bart embraces his three closest friends Red Robin, Superboy & Wonder Girl
Around the time of Bart's death, curious things involving the Legion of Super-Heroes (who had traveled back in time) occurred. In The Lightning Saga, at nearly the exact moment of Bart's death, the Legion used a device known as a "lightning rod" to trap what they call "living lightning" in the event that they need it to defend the Legion. In Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, Superboy-Prime (Bart's one-time nemesis and seemingly the only one who fears Bart) unleashed the Legion of Super-Villains from the prison planet Takron-Galtos.
In response to this, Brainiac 5 deemed it necessary to extract the living lightning from the rod and use it against Prime and his followers. Upon hearing of the Legion's plans, Prime rushes to the Legion HQ where XS fuels the legendary cosmic treadmill and extracts the lightning from the rod. To Superboy-Prime's fearful chagrin, the lightning was Bart: alive, back in his younger body, he received his Kid Flash costume ring from Brainiac 5. Upon seeing Prime's shocked and frightened form, Bart says only one thing as he speeds toward him: "Boo!"
In the recent comic The Flash: Rebirth Which features the return of Barry Allen the original Scarlet Speedster and Bart's Grandfather. At the Teen Titans Tower West, a newly returned Bart Allen views his grandfather's return with skepticism, admitting a desire for things to "go back to the way it used to be" with Wally as the primary Flash (Bart believes that Wally has proven himself more than worthy of being The Fastest Man Alive. Keeping the Legacy Of The Flash alive long after Barry's death) and himself as Kid Flash, as well as feeling angry that Barry is the only one to escape the Speed Force and not Max Mercury.
Bart was slated to get another solo-series in 2010, entitled "Kid Flash", however Dan Didio hasThe revamped Bart Allen
Since Bart Allen's premiere on the show, there has been major controversy over the identity of his comic book counterpart. [citation needed] While he uses the name and superhero code name of Bart Allen from the comics, his physical description is similar to that of Barry Allen's. Perhaps like Clark, Smallville also shows Barry before he became "the Flash", and as such is molding his personality along the way into the iconic character like Clark is molding himself into becoming Superman.
In Smallville, Bart Allen and Barry Allen have a numerous amount of similarities. It should also be noted that most of the homages made towards the character are homages to Flash.
In all of his appearances, Bart wears red and yellow clothing, the color of Barry Allen's Flash costume. His lightning symbol which was on his belt and backpack was the Flash's logo.
Smallville Bart like Barry is a founding members of the Justice League.
Also, to note, there doesn't seem to be any other speedsters other than Jay Garrick, leaving Bart to be the second superhero speedster, just like how Barry Allen is the second Flash.
He has nearly the same age as Clark, only a little younger. In the comics Barry and Clark were also around the same age.
In his first appearance, Bart Allen calls himself the fastest man alive, something Barry is known as.
In his first appearance, Bart at first goes at the same speed as Clark but is revealed to be much faster than him. In The Flash: Rebirth, Barry is shown as being much faster than Superman, easily outstripping him as Superman tries to keep up with him. He claims that those times that the races between them were close were "for charity".
In his first appearance, Bart's Smallville explanation on how he got his powers is much more in line with Barry Allen's origin, who was doused in chemicals then struck by lightning, as opposed to Bart's, who was born with his abilities, as well being Barry's grandson.
In his first appearance, Bart's hair color is blonde and short, similar to Barry Allen's hair in the comics and how John Wesley Shipp who portrayed Barry Allen on the TV series The Flash.
Bart has multiple I.D.'s one of which list his name as Barry Allen.
In his later appearance, Bart wears a costume similar to the Barry Allen costume from The Flash TV series, as well as the Comics costume.
In Toyman's files, Bart is listed as being a Central City native, as well as having blonde hair, blue eyes and the ability to pass through solid objects, similar to Barry in the comic books.
In Stiletto during the roll call he is referred to as The Flash, the superhero identity of the comic book Barry Allen.
In Smallville, Bart Allen also shares some similarities with the comic book Bart Allen.
Bart goes by the name Bart Allen, rather than Barry.
His personality is similar to Bart when he was Impulse
In his later appearances, Bart's hair is brown and long, similar to Bart Allen's hair.
Bart's JLA codename is Impulse, the first identity of Bart Allen.
In his first appearance, Bart claims to be from the future, having run back in time, though this may have been just a pick-up line, since he told her 100 years from then they're still in love.
Bart: I don't know. I mean, it's a big world. I figure I'd check it out, see if there's anyone else out there like us. Maybe start, like, a club or a league or something.
In the Pilot a caption talks about the "fastest man alive." But since it's unknown when exactly he got his powers and the fact that Bart was only just in his mid-teens in Season Four makes it highly unlikely it was supposed to be him. In fact, upon close examination, the name of the teen in the picture is Scott Higgs..
According to Toyman's files, Bart is a Central City native, is 5'11, 175 pounds and has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Toyman's description of Bart (Fast as the speed of light, Central City native, can pass through solid objects, blue eyes and blonde hair) more accurately identifies him as the second Flash Barry Allen, rather than Bart Allen/Impulse, the fourth Flash and second Kid Flash.
In Stiletto, when Bruno and Ricky are looking at the files of the Justice League members, Bart Allen is referred to as Flash instead of Impulse.
Like his fellow Justice League members, when he first met Clark he attacked him. However, this was about a day after he really first met him, when Bart used kryptonite against him.
While in Mexico, Bart learned a bit of Spanish. (Justice)
While flirting with Chloe the first time they meet, Bart says that he is from the future and that in 100 years they are still in love. In the comics, Bart Allen was from the 30th Century, and traveled back in time.
Bart has many aliases, including Wally West, Jay Garrick, and Barry Allen - the names of the the men to use the Flash moniker before Bart in the comics.
In the comics, the Flash that is about Clark's age is Barry Allen rather than Bart Allen.
Bart has a super metabolism so he needs to consume a large amount of food. (Justice)
Bart actually appeared in the season nine finale, Salvation. When Clark was giving his speech to the Justice League, Bart was shown on the far right screen listening to Clark.
Bart has been to two funerals while on the show. Jimmy Olsen's in Doomsday, and Carter Hall in Icarus.
If this is Bart, this would have been the first Teen Titans member introduced.
In the comics he is a member of Young Justice with Superboy and The Wonder Twins and later joined Teen Titans, where he worked with Superboy, Cyborg, Speedy and Slade Wilson's daughter Rose, who is known as the Ravager. Conner and Bart both died within the 2 years of each other following the events of Infinite Crisis and One Year Later. They were both resurrected at about the exact same time thanks to the actions of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century to fight against Superboy Prime.
Despite using the codename "Impulse", Bart's costume is more of a real world version of the "Flash" costume than the costume Bart wore as Impulse.
Bart was given the codename Impulse by Green Arrow, aka Oliver Queen, in Smallville but was given the same name by the Batman in the comics, saying that it was a warning instead of a compliment.
Bart is mentioned in Odyssey, Dominionand Roulette, and is seen via photographs as well as mentioned in Hex.
Bart is the first member of the Justice League that Oliver recruited and coincidentally the first member to appear on the series with the exception of Clark and Chloe.
Because of the appearance of the Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick in the Justice Society Portrait it is unknown whether or not Bart chose alias name of "Jay Garrick" on purpose or if it was a coincidence in his introduction episode.
It is also possible that Bart Allen is the second Flash Barry Allen, as both have the name Bartholomew Allen. And Bart himself has never mentioned being from the future (except jokingly while flirting with Chloe), like his comic book counterpart. Also, to note, there doesn't seem to be any other speedsters OTHER THAN Jay Garrick, leaving Bart to be the second superhero speedster. It should also be noted that most of the homages made towards the character are homages to Flash. His costume is all red with a yellow lightning bolt on the back matching more of Flash than Impulse or Kid Flash. It is also interesting to note, that his Smallville explanation on how he got his powers is much more in line with Barry Allen's origin, who was doused in chemicals then struck by lightning, as opposed to Bart's, who was born with his abilities, as well being Barry's grandson, Toyman's description of Bart (Fast as the speed of light, Central City native, can pass through solid objects, blue eyes and blonde hair and hairdo in his 1st appearance was similar to live action Flash television show), and founding members of the Justice League. Perhaps like Clark, Smallville also shows Barry BEFORE he became "the Flash", and as such is molding his personality along the way into the iconic character like Clark is molding himself into becoming Superman.
Bart is also similar to Wally in the comics and DC animated universe. He came from a difficult home kind of like Wally and in an accident involving a flash of light was at a young age like Wally, similar to Wally is more public with powers (before Spectre mindwiped the world that he is the Flash), like Wally, Jay and Bart the city they protect is Keystone City (as seen in Hex) and he has a metabolism problem.
It is unknown who exactly the "Fastest Man Alive" headline Clark read in Pilot, referred to, as Jay Garrick has been shown to exist and still be alive, it is possible it would be him, rather than Bart.
Being that the writers who introduced the Bart Allen character to Smallville, have not given an official statement towards the identity, it is unknown who exactly it is, and all possible results would simply be speculation.
During a Podcast for the episode Hex,, Writer Bryan Q. Miller revealed the mention of Bart and Clark on a League mission in Keystone City (home of Jay Garrick, the original Flash) was originally expanded, revealing they were chasing after a rampaging gorilla, a nod to the Flash foe, Gorilla Grodd. Oliver also delivered a line "Bart always gets the interesting rogues." a reference to group of Flash's enemies that call themselves "The Rogues." The scene was cut for time, and they didn't want another league member stealing Zatanna's thunder in her debut episode.[4]
In the original Kids WB pitch for the Justice League animated series, Robin, Impulse, and a teenage female version of Cyborg were to be seen as junior members of the League. It was later decided to avoid their introduction, so as to avoid making Justice League seem like the old Super Friends series. The corresponding short animation is available as a bonus on the season one DVD of Justice League.[41]
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