Iris Ann West-Allen (née West) is the deuteragonist of the Arrowverse television series The Flash. She is the daughter of Francine and Joe West, the wife of Barry Allen, and the older sister of Wally West. Throughout the series, she is the childhood best friend, crush, girlfriend and eventual wife of Barry Allen and the mother of his future children Nora and Bart West-Allen.
Iris was born on June 24, 1989 to Joe and Francine West in Central City.
In 1991, Iris developed a love of ice cream since she was two years old, when her parents took her out for ice cream after receiving a dozen shots. She proclaimed to eat ice cream everyday for the rest of the month.
Iris was only six years old when her mother had an overdose. There was a terrible fire and Iris Francine would have died had Joe and his partner come and rescue them. Following this, Francine left her husband and daughter; instead of telling Iris the truth, Joe told her that her mother died and instead told her stories of the mother that Iris deserved and not the one she was. Unknown to both, Francine was pregnant with Wally at the time. The incident eventually caused Iris to suppress that memory.
While in elementary School Iris befriended Barry Allen, another boy her age. It was through their friendship that iris's father became well acquainted with Barry's parents, Henry and Nora Allen. The parents would know of Barry's secret crush on Iris since the day they first met. Despite being bullied by Tony Woodward, a boy who also had a crush on Iris. She would still remain a loyal friend to Barry, eventually coming to love and marry him one day
At nine years old, Iris dreamed of becoming a ballerina. However, she had a terrible case of stage fright causing Berry to rush on the stage and help her finish her routine in front of the whole crowd.
Iris would later come to own her mother's engagement ring but lost it on a field trip when she was in the 5th grade. The only connection she had to were supposedly mother really affected her.
At age eleven, she was the editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper. However, around this time Barry's mother was murdered by the Reverse Flash and his father was falsely accused of Nora's murder. Sequentially, Joe adopted Barry soon afterwards and Iris showed him to the guest room. When Barry claimed that his father did not kill his mother, Iris was the only one who believed him.
At age fifteen, Iris unmasked a corrupt teacher in her and Barry Allen's high school.
Original Timeline[]
Sometime around 2015-2020, Iris of this timeline eventually learned of Barry's feelings for her and came to realize she loved him back. During this time, she and Barry married before 2024 and would have a daughter presumably named Dawn. After her husband's accident in 2020 because of Harrison Wells and Tess Morgan's particle accelerator explosion, Iris went on to found the Central City Citizen newspaper and wrote all of her husband's exploits as the Flash. She would one day have the pain to write an article about her husband's disappearance during the Anti-Monitor Crisis and report that 25 years later her husband was still missing.
Erased Future[]
2017[]
In one timeline, Iris is killed by Savitar, time remnant of Barry Allen who killed her to ensure his creation during the crisis in 2024. Her death resulted in her name being changed on the newspaper article she would write in the future. However, this terrible future was undone when HR Wells gave up his life by impersonating Iris.
2040[]
Her timeline remains the same as the original timeline until the Anti-Monitor Crisis on 2024. In this timeline, Iris gave birth to hers and Barry's daughter, Nora, who inherited her father's metagene and connection to the Speed Force. After her husband's vanishing, Iris was also forced to write an article about her husband's disappearance. She had Star Labs, presumably Caitlin or Cisco, create a chip that would dampen Nora's powers. Iris never told Nora about her father being the Flash. Growing up, Nora looked up to the Flash, often going to what was Star Labs but had become the Flash Museum in the future. Iris never liked it when Nora went there because it was a constant reminder of the loss of her husband and Nora's father. Even though they grew distanced towards each other Iris and Nora still remained in contact.
Powers and abilities[]
Temporary Powers[]
Connection to the Mirrorverse
Speed Force: Despite not apparently having a meta-gene, Iris seems to possess a unique connection to the Speed Force that allows her to connect with speedsters, namely her husband. This ability first showed itself when Iris felt a jolt of electricity when she touched Barry while he was in a coma. Iris gained her husband's connection to the Speed Force when Melting Point accidentally transferred Barry's DNA over to Iris. She later regained her ability to become a speedster again by the Speed Force, who was able to grant her full access to speedster powers to battle against the Godspeeds.
Joseph Monteleone/Tar Pit (incarcerated; status unknown)
"Sam Scudder"/Mirror Master
Magog
Rogues
Owen Mercer/Captain Boomerang
Andrea Wozzeck/The Fiddler
Michelle Amar/Murmur
Roy Bivolo/Rainbow Raider
Edward Clariss/The Rival
Abra Kadabra
Roger Hayden/Psycho Pirate
Lady Chronos
Eden Corps
Wade Eiling
Royal Flush Gang
Counterparts
Earth-2 Doppelgänger
Iris West-Allen (Earth-4125 Doppelgänger)
Romances[]
Eddie Thawne (Fiance)[]
Barry Allen (Husband)[]
Barry is her husband and one true love, but it didn't always start that way. However, Iris is innocently insensitive to Barry's crush on her, seeing him more as a brother than a love interest because they grew up in the same house. As the series progresses, it takes Iris to realize she feels the same way.
Trivia[]
In honor of The Flash trailer for the DC Extended universe, Candice Patton dyed her hair red in honor of her character Iris who in the comics is a Caucasian, red-haired, green-eyed woman.
In the TV show the Forces considered Iris to be their mother.
Kryptonite (Red • Silver • Blue • Black) • Toyman's inventions • Vigilante Suits • Oliver Queen's Bows • Phantom Zone Projector • Glasses • Legionnaire Rings • Yellow sun grenade • Myriad, Jarhanpurium, • Lexosuit • Book of Destiny • Book Of Ra • Staff of H'ronmeer • Sword of Juru • Antimatter • AllStone Totems
Species
Kryptonians • Metahumans • White Martians • Saturnians • Amazonians • Daxamite • Green Martians
