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What's In A Name? How Soon Until He's Called The Flash?

I've seen some articles on-line talking about why we can't just call our heroes by their name when it comes to the DC films and television. In Man of Steel they shied away from the name Superman as much as they could. In Arrow, Oliver Queen has been The Hood, The Vigilante and now The Arrow. And on The Flash, he referred to himself by name in pilot but now he's back to thinking about it and getting called The Blur or The Streak.

I get it with Arrow… the Oliver that came back from the island was a killer on a mission, not a hero. So as he has moved along the path to becoming a hero his name has changed to mark his progression. He's had to earn the title.

But with The Flash, Barry Allen has been a hero since he first put on the friction suit. Building up to his name seems kind of unnecessary here. Calling him The Blur just reminds me of Smallville and calling him The Streak makes me think of the Ray Stevens' song (click here if you don't know it). Barry teased it again this week as he was about to ask Joe's opinion of it before they got interrupted. Was it all so we could get that moment of Harrison Wells telling Simon Stagg that he's called The Flash and he has to be protected?

Hopefully Barry will be able to use his hero name starting on November 18th. That's when the episode The Flash Is Born airs and that would be a silly title if he isn't called the Flash by the end.

And I am hoping that on Arrow, Detective Lance eventually gets to say something to the effect of: "Green arrows, red arrows, black arrows… what are you guys, the Power Rangers now?"

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