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Jesse Wells is a character of The Flash. Throughout the first half of Season 2, she is a prisoner of Zoom, a dangerous Speedster and serial killer from Earth-2. She later gets struck with anti-matter, making her become the metahuman speedster Jesse Quick (a nickname coined by her father).

When Jay Garrick became a prisoner of the Speed Force, she left for Earth-3, becoming that Earth's Flash until Savitar was defeated.

By Season 4, she was leading her own team, which included her father, but she kicked him off and he later went to help their friends on Earth-1.

Personality[]

Jesse Wells is a very kind and loving person. She used to get along great and was proud of her father's success until she found out the truth about the meta-humans and her father's involvement with them (she forgave him). Jesse also has this adventurous side that just wants to have fun and let go of all the problems. She's also very brave as she went to fight Savitar all alone, but this also counts as recklessness which may lead to her opponents catching her off-guard as seen when she first confronted Top. She has often shown stubbornness, going so far as to knock out H.R. Wells when he repeatedly expressed concern for her going after Savitar. Jesse does not like her father getting in the way of what she wants; she does not like when he interferes with her love life. Despite these traits, she still loves him.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology: Months after being hit by the second dark matter explosion which her father created, Jesse's DNA and physiology was altered, supercharging her cells and giving her access to the Speed Force. This augmentation enables her to properly use her powers.
    • Electrokinesis: Jesse is able to generate yellow electricity from her body; when moving fast enough. Seemingly learned from Barry, Jesse is also able to channel that build-up of energy and hurl it as lightning bolts.
    • Superhuman perception: While training with Barry, Jesse learned to take advantage of mental speed as much as her physical. Learning from experience that she was constantly read and adapt to the situation, Jesse is able to use her heightened thought processing to instantly react to incoming danger.
    • Superhuman durability: While not invulnerable, Jesse's body has become highly resilient, allowing her to survive without injury when she tripped and tumbled uncontrollably across the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator during training. After being beaten down by super-strong gorillas from Gorilla City, she was quickly able to return to her feet.
    • Superhuman speed: While only having her powers for a short time, Jesse is able to move well over Mach 2 in speed. With her constant motion, she is even able to run up and across vertical surfaces for long durations. Wally described her as being "almost as fast as Barry", who could move at over Mach 13 at that point.
      • Aerokinesis: By continuously running in a figure-eight fashion, Jesse was able to create wind funnel able to cushion a tank from crushing Central City Hospital
      • Interdimensional travel: By moving fast enough, Jesse can create a dimensional breach, enabling her to propel herself and others she brings with her through the anomaly to traverse to parallel dimensions. This notably allowed her to bring herself and her father to S.T.A.R. Labs speed cannon room on Earth-1 after only recently gaining her powers.
    • Superhuman stamina: Jesse stamina is enhanced as much as her natural speed, allowing her to continue running for prolonged periods of time without fatigue. Her stamina is even greater than that of Jay Garrick's, possibly because of her youth. However, Jessie's speed is not as durable as Barry's, since he was able to stay in Flashtime longer than her.
    • Bodily vibration: Eobard mistook Nora for Jesse when Barry and Nora phased into the Time Vault.

Abilities[]

  • Genius-level intellect/Expert scientist: Jesse is constantly noted for her sharp mind. She was able to graduate high school three years early and study five majors in college. Jesse seemed to excel in all her courses at school, allowing the impression that she could miss several classes and still keep up. Even before becoming a speedster, Jesse proved a vital part to Team Flash like her father; very insightful and intuitive, she has an instinctual knack for perceiving the nature of a situation and as quickly best how to handle it. For example, Jesse was able to discern the nature of Griffin Grey's powers. Having learned from Barry Allen after becoming a speedster, Jesse can analyze every inch of an environment.
    • Computer specialist: As a former member of S.T.A.R. Labs, Jesse has some technological skills of note, albeit not her main area of expertise.
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant: After being trained by Barry, Jesse gained some rudimentary combat skills. She was able to knock down Rosa Dillon after catching the latter off-guard, and managed to defend herself against Savitar for some time.

Trivia[]

  • Jesse is very similar to Thea: both are young women who are treated as younger siblings to the protagonist (Barry acts both as a mentor and older brother figure for Jesse and Thea is Oliver's younger sister). Also, both girls become vigilantes modeled after Oliver and Barry in their third season respectively (Jesse becomes a speedster like Barry and Thea becomes an Archer just like Oliver). Both also take on a superhero alias that used to be their childhood nicknames (Jesse's father Harry called her Jesse quick and be his older brother Oliver used to call her 'Speedy) and begin dating a boy their age who were Barry and Oliver's protégés in the third season before ultimately ending in tragedy (Wally, who Jesse broke up with because of their long distance relationship literally being Worlds apart, and Roy, who abandoned Thea in the night).
Series
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Characters
Comics

Flash Family: The Flash (Barry Allen • Jay Garrick/The Flash • Wally West/The Flash • Avery Ho), Kid Flash (Wally West, Wallace R. West, Bart Allen, Irey West/Thunderheart, Bar Torr), Jonathan Chambers/Johnny Quick, Jesse Chambers/Jesse Quick/The Flash/Liberty Belle, Linda Park-West, Iris West, Jai West/Surge, Jenni Ognats/XS, Boom (Judy Garrick), Negative Flash (Meena Dhawan), Dawn and Don Allen/Tornado Twins, Max Mercury • Krakkl, Speed Force
Major Supporting Cast: Henry Allen, Nora Allen, Joan Williams, Jessica Cruz, Animal Girl (Maxine Baker), Commander Cold (Henry), Fuerza (Alexa Antigone), Gold Beetle, Michael Holt/Mr. Terrific, Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway), Steadfast, Justice League (Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Clark Kent/Superman, Diana of Paradise Island/Wonder Woman, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Arthur Curry / Aquaman, Carter Hall/Hawkman), Jeven Ognats, Meloni Thawne, Jai West, Captain Darryl Frye, Chester Runk (Chunk), Gregory Wolfe, Fred Chyre and Jared Morillo; Ashley Zolomon, Solovar, Nnamdi, The Three Dimwits, Valerie Perez • David Singh • Patty Spivot, Tina and Jery McGee, Dr. Elias, James Forrest, and Angela Margolin, Walter West (Dark Flash)
Justice League: Legacy: Nora Allen, Jenny and Jason Allen Rogue: Gorilla Grodd • Eobard Thawne/Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash • Abra Kadabra • Black Flash • Black Racer • Blacksmith • Blue Trinity • Brother Grimm • Captain Boomerang • Captain Cold • Chillblaine • Cicada • Clive Yorkin • Cobalt Blue • Colonel Computron • Doctor Alchemy • Double Down • Fallout • Fast Track • Fiddler • Folded Man • Girder • Godspeed • Golden Glider • Goldface • Gorilla Grodd • Griffin • Heat Wave • Icicle • Inertia • Kilg%re • Kobra • Lady Flash • Lawrence Snart • Last Resort • Magenta • Manfred Mota • Mazdan • Mirror Master (Samuel Scudder, Evan McCulloch) • Mob Rule • Murmur • Papercut • Peek-a-Boo • Plunder • Professor Zoom • Rag Doll • Rainbow Raider • Razer • Renegades • Replicant • Rival • Rogues • Savitar • Shade • Shrapnel • Speed Demon • Spin • The Suit • Tar Pit • Team Turmoil • President Thawne • Thinker • Thorn • The Top • Trickster • Turbine • Turtle • Vandal Savage • Weather Witch • Weather Wizard • Zoom

Adaptations
Television

1990: Barry Allen/The Flash, Tina McGee, Julio Mendez, Henry Allen, Nora Allen, Jay Allen, Shawn Allen, Pike, The Ghost, Deadly Nightshade, Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Omega, Trickster, Megan Lockhart/Prank I, Zoey Clark/Prank II, Pollux, Fosnight

Smallville: Bart Allen/Impulse

Arrowverse: Team Flash (Barry Allen • Cisco Ramon • Caitlin Snow, Khione "Frost" Snow/Killer Frost/Frost • Iris West • Joe West • Harrison Wells (Earth-1/Earth-Prime) • (Harry Wells (Earth-2) • Sherloque Wells • Harrison Nash Wells) • Jesse Wells/Quick • Wally West • Eddie Thawne/Cobalt Blue • Ralph Dibny • Cecile Horton/Virtue • Jenna M. West • Nora West-Allen (XS) • Bart Allen/Impulse • Mark Blaine/Chillblaine • Jay Garrick/The Flash, Nora Allen, Henry Allen, Chester P. Runk • Allegra Garcia, Joan Williams • Kamilla Hwang, Khione) • Central City Police Department (Kristen Kramer • David Singh ), Monitor, Linda Park, Patty Spivot, Sue Dearbon, Izzy Bowin, Becky Sharpe/Hazard, Earth-2 (Cisco Ramon/Reverb, Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, Linda Park/Doctor Light (Earth-2), Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost (Earth-2)), Rogue Squad (Keith Kenyon/Goldface, Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper, Jaco Birch/The Hotness), Justice League (Sara Lance/White Canary, Kara Danvers, Oliver Queen, Kate Lane/Batwoman, Ryan Wilder/Batwoman, Ryan Choi/Atom, Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter), Team Arrow, (John Diggle, Mia Queen/Green Arrow, Thea Queen/Speedy, Roy Harper/Arsenal, Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog, Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific, Dinah Drake/Black Canary III), Felicity Smoak, Laurel Lance/Black Canary, Quentin Lance, Laurel Lance (Earth-2)/Black Siren/Black Canary III, A.R.G.U.S. (Lyla Michaels/Harbinger, Tanya Lamden), Superfriends (Mon-El, Nia Nal/Dreamer, Querl Dox/Brainiac 5, Alex Danvers (Earth-38), Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane, Winn Schott (Earth-38), Jimmy Olsen, Lucy Lane, D.E.O.), Legends (Ray Palmer/Atom, Nate Heywood/Steel, Amaya Jiwe/Vixen, Mick Rory/Heat Wave, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, Zari Tomaz/Isis, Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl, Carter Hall/Hawkman), Earth-X (Leo Snart/Citizen Cold, Ray Terill/The Ray, Kara-X/Overgirl, Prometheus (Earth-X), Winn Schott (Earth-X), Oliver/Dark Arrow, Siren X, Eobard ThawneGrodd • Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang • Roy G. Bivalo/Rainbow Raider • Dominators • Music Meister • Savitar • Clifford DeVoe • Marlize De Voe • Amunet Black • Cicada (Orlin Dwyer, Grace Gibbons) • AMAZO • Joss Jackam/Weather Witch • John Deegan/Doctor Destiny • A.M.A.Z.O. • August Heart/Godspeed • Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork • Eva McCulloch/Mirror Monarch • Black Hole • (Joseph Carver • Millie Rawlins/Sunshine • Kimiyo Hoshi/Doctor Light • Esperanza Garcia/Ultraviolet) • Cisco Ramon/Echo • Anti-Monitor • Shadow Demons • The Forces, (Still • Strength •Sage •Speed) • Negative Forces (Still •Strength •Sage •Speed) • Deathstorm (Earth-Prime) • Ryan Wilder/Red Death • Rogues (Top, Lisa Snart/Golden Glider, Sam Scudder/Mirror Monarch, Owen Mercer/Captain Boomerang II • Andrea Wozzock/Fiddler • Michelle Amar/Murmur II • Roy G. Bivalo) • Orlin Dwyer / Cicada • Joseph Carver

Locations
Central City, Star City, National City, Gotham City, Earths (Earth-Prime, Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-38, Prime Earth, New Earth), Speed Force, Strength Force, Still Force, Sage Force, Negative Forces (Speed Force, Strength Force, Still Force, Sage Force)
Species
Metahumans, Kryptonians
Groups
Flash Family, Legion of Zoom, Green Lantern Corps, Team Arrow, Superman Family (Superfriends), Justice League (DC Extended Universe, Arrowverse), Batman Family, S.T.A.R. Labs (Arrowverse), Central City Police Department, the Rogues, Royal Flush Gang, H.I.V.E., A.R.G.U.S., League of Assassins
Songs
Moon River, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Super Friend (Arrowverse), More I Cannot Wish For
Equipment
The Flash suit, Cosmic Treadmill, Gideon, Tachyon prototype, Flash Ring
Series
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Characters
Main Cast

Main Heroes: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow • Barry Allen/The Flash (Earth-1/Earth-Prime • Earth-90) • Sara Lance • Kara Danvers/Supergirl • Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning •Kate Kane/Batwoman • Ryan Wilder/Batwoman • Clark Kent/Superman (Earth-38 • Superman & Lois) • Ray Terrill • Lois Lane (Earth-38 • Earth-TUD25 • Earth-TUD22) • Mick Rory • Leonard Snart • Rip Hunter

Main Villains: Malcolm Merlyn • Ra's al Ghul • Damien Darhk • Adrian Chase/Prometheus • Ricardo Diaz/The Dragon • Emiko Adachi Queen/Green Arrow III • Eobard Thawne • Zoom • Savitar • The Thinker • Orlin Dwyer/Cicada • Grace Gibbons/Cicada II • Bloodwork • Eva McCulloch • Godspeed • Deathstorm • Non • Astra In-Ze • Rhea • Lillian Luthor • Selena • Reign • Lex Luthor (Earth-38/Earth-Prime • Earth-TUD25) • Agent Liberty • Nyxlygsptlnz • Mallus • Neron • Lachesis • Bishop • Evil Gideon • Tobias Whale • Gravedigger • Beth Kane/Alice • Safiyah Sohail • Black Mask • Marquis Jet • the Red Death • Cobalt Blue, Gamemanae
Arrow
John Diggle • Felicity Smoak • Thea Queen • Laurel Lance (Earth-1) • Quentin Lance • Moira Queen • Emiko Adachi • Nyssa al Ghul • Lyla Michaels • Curtis Holt • Rene Ramirez • Dinah Drake • Laurel Lance (Earth-2) • Roy Harper • Ray Palmer • Slade Wilson • Helena Bertinelli • Mia Queen • Connor Hawke • William Clayton • Zoe Ramirez • Monitor • Ruvé Adams • Lincoln Machin/Anarky • Anatoly Knyazev • Nora Darhk • Talia al Ghul • Evelyn Sharp • League of Assassins • Ricardo Diaz
The Flash
David Singh • Iris West-Allen • Cisco Ramon • Caitlin Snow • Joe West • Wally West • Martin Stein • Jesse Chambers Wells • Harry Wells • Jay Garrick/The Flash • H.R Wells • Ralph Dibny • Nora West-Allen • Bart Allen • Harrison Sherloque Wells • Leo Snart • Kamilla Hwang • Allegra Garcia • Chester P. Runk • Nash Wells • Marlize DeVoe • Killer Frost • Nature Forces (Speed Force Nora • Deon Owens • Alexa Rivera) • Meena Dhawan • Mark Blaine/Chillblaine • Pied Piper • Keith/Goldface • Jack Birch/The Hotness • Ryan Wilder/Red Death • the Rogues (Owen Mercer/Captain Boomerang II • Andrea Wozzock/Fiddler • Michelle Amar/Murmur II) • The Forces (Still • Strength • Sage • Speed) • Negative Forces (Still • Strength • Sage • Speed) • August Heart/Godspeed • Kristen Kramer • David Singh
Supergirl
Alex Danvers • James Olsen • Winn Schott • Cat Grant • J'onn J'onnz • Lena Luthor • Maggie Sawyer • Mon-El • M'gann M'orzz • Querl Dox • Nia Nal • Kelly Olsen, Laura Haley, Samantha Arias, Imra Ardeen, Legion of Super-Heroes, Lar Gand, Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman, Rama Khan, Sam Lane, Lucy Lane, Indigo, Siobhan Smythe / Silver Banshee, Rhea, Olivia Marsdin, Orlando Davis, Esme, Mitch, Rama Khan, Gamemnae, Alura Zor-El, Astra, Non, Zor-El, Manchester Black
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Ray Palmer • Jefferson Jackson • Martin Stein • Wally West • John Constantine • Ava Sharpe • Gary Green • Nate Heywood • Zari Tomaz/Zari Tarazi • Damien Darhk • Nora Darhk • Amaya Jiwe • Gideon • Charlie • Esperanza Cruz • Behrad Tarazi • Vandal Savage
Black Lightning
Jennifer Pierce • Anissa Pierce • Lynn Stewart • Peter Gambi • Bill Henderson • Khalil Payne/Painkiller • Grace Choi • Jeremiah Holt • Khalil Payne • Brandon Marshall • TC • Gardner Grayle • Erica Moran • Hassan Shakur
Batwoman
Luke Fox • Mary Hamilton • Jacob Kane • Sophie Moore • Julia Pennyworth, Elizabeth "Beth" Kane / Alice• Renee Montoya • Jada Jet • Catherine Hamilton-Kane, Vesper Fairchild, Cora Lewis,
Superman & Lois
Jordan Kent/Superboy • Jonathan Kent II • Sam Lane • Lana Lang • Kyle Cushing • Sarah Cushing • Chrissy Beppo • John Henry Irons/Steel • Natalie Irons/Steel, Mitchell Anderson, Bruno Mannheim, Lana-Rho, Inverse Society, Lex Luthor, Kal-El/Bizarro/Doomsday, Peia Mannheim
Crossover

Digger Harkness • Rainbow Raider • Laura Washington/Cyberwoman • Agent Smith • Dominators • Susan Brayden • Oliver Queen/Dark Arrow • Kara/Overgirl • Tommy Merlyn/Prometheus X • Leo Snart • Winn Schott (Earth-X) • John Deegan • Mar Novu/Monitor • Mobius/Anti-Monitor • Shadow Demons • Despero • Ryan Choi, Siobhan Smythe/Silver Banshee, Lucy Lane, Leslie Willis/Livewire
Earth-X: John Trujillo/Black Condor • Jenny Knight/Phantom Lady • Red Tornado, Siren X

Alternate Earths

Stargirl: (Earth-2: New Multiverse) Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl • Pat Dugan/S.T.R.I.P.E. • Beth Chapel/Doctor Mid-Nite • Yolanda Montez/Wildcat • Rick Tyler/Hourman
Other Earths: Julio Mendez (Earth-90) • Tina McGee (Earth-90) • Clark Kent (Earth-167) • Lois Lane (Earth-167) • Superman (Earth-96) • Barry Allen (DCEU) • Helena Kyle • Lucifer Morningstar • Raven • Courtney Whitmore • Jason Todd • Hank Hall/Hawk

Organizations
Government Agencies: A.R.G.U.S. • D.E.O. • ASIS

Criminal Fractions: League of Assassins • Bertinelli Crime Family • Legion of Doom • Project Cadmus • Supermen of America

Vigilante Teams: Team Flash • Team Arrow • Bat Team • Black Lightning's Team • Justice League • Justice Society of America • Canaries • Superfriends • Superman Family • Legion of Super-Heroes

Businesses: Big Belly Burger • CC Jitters • CatCo Worldwide Media • Daily Planet • Luthor Corps

Locations
Earths: Earth-38 • Earth-9 • Earth-1 • Earth-X • Earth-2 • Other Earth's

Locations: Krypton • Lian Yu

Cities: Argo City • Central City • National City • Star City • Coast City • Ivy Town • Gotham City Metropolis • Midvale • Freeland • Smallville

Cosmic Forces: Speed Force • Still Force • Strength Force• Sage Force
Negative Forces: Negative Speed Force • Negative Still Force • Negative Strength Force• Sage Force

Police Departments: Gotham City Police Department • Central City Police Department • Star City Police Department

Objects
Spear of Destiny • Vigilante suits • Green Arrow's Bows
Races
Kryptonian • Humans • Meta-humans, Unicorn, Green Martians, White Martians,
Songs
Moon River, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Super Friend, More I Cannot Wish You, Runnin' Home to You
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