Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional aliases

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

, several DC Comics superheroes with super speed: ** Flash (Jay Garrick) **

Barry Allen Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character known as the Flash, following Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comic ...

** Wally West, the first Kid Flash and third adult Flash ** Bart Allen, the second Kid Flash who also became the adult hero for a time * Flash (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe * Flash, a robot in the video game ''Brave Saga 2'' * Flash, a character in the comedy film '' Daddy Day Care'' (2003) * Flash, a character in the TV science fiction drama '' Real Humans'' * Flash, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie '' Speed Zone'' * Flash, a character in the TV sitcom '' Step by Step'' * Flash, a character in the film '' Zootopia'' (2016) * Flash Gordon, the titular hero of science fiction comic strip * Flash Sentry, in ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' *

Flash Thompson Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962). Flash ...

, a Marvel comic book character * Flash, known as Furzz in the US, an anthropomorphic rabbit from '' Roary the Racing Car''

Films

* ''Flash'' (1997 film), Disney Channel * ''Flash'' (2007 film), Malayalam * ''The Flash'' (film), 2023 film based on DC comics

Games

* ''Flash'' (pinball), a 1979 Williams pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie * Teen patti or Flash, a three-card poker-style game, popular in South Asia * ''The Flash'' (video game), a 1991 action video game

Literature

Comics

* '' Flash Comics'', a 1940s anthology comic book * ''The Flash'' (DC Rebirth), a comic book in the DC Rebirth relaunch * ''The Flash'' (comic book), an ongoing comic book featuring the titular DC Comics hero

Other literature

* ''Flash'' (Krentz novel), a 1998 romance novel by Jayne Ann Krentz * ''Flash'' (Modesitt novel), a 2004 science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt * ''Flash'' (magazine), a quarterly Australian photography magazine * ''Flash'' (Auckland newspaper), a community newspaper of Auckland City, New Zealand * Flash (French newspaper), defunct far-right newspaper in France

Music

Artists

* Flash (band), a 1970s progressive rock group

Albums and EPs

* ''Flash'' (Amoyamo album) (2013) * ''Flash'' (EP), a 2010 extended play album by Crystal Kay * ''Flash'' (Jeff Beck album) * ''Flash'' (Electric Food album) (1970) * ''Flash'' (Flash album) (1972) * ''Flash'' (Moving Sidewalks album) (1968) * ''Flash'' (Towa Tei album) (2005) * ''Flash'', a 1996 album by Red Five

Songs

* "Flashes" (song), a 1931 composition by Bix Beiderbecke * "Flash" (Queen song), 1980 * "Flash" (Stéphanie song), 1986 * "Flash" (B.B.E. song), 1997 * "Flash" (Iggy Azalea song), 2012 * "Flash" (Perfume song), 2016 * "Flash" (X1 song), 2019 * "Flash", a song by 2hollis from ''

Star A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sk ...

'', 2025 * "Flash", a song by Cigarettes After Sex from their self-titled album, 2017 * "Flash", a song by

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, 2022

Television

* ''The Flash'' (1990 TV series), a 1990 American superhero series * ''The Flash'' (2014 TV series), a 2014 American superhero series * "Flash" (''The Detectives''), a 1995 episode

Military

* FLASH (Z), a military message precedence designation * M202 FLASH, a rocket launcher * Operation Flash, a May 1995 Croatian Army offensive in Western Slavonia *

Tactical recognition flash Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A TRF serves to quickly Combat identification, identify th ...

, a coloured patch worn on the arm of combat clothing to distinguish their regiment or corps

People

In arts and entertainment

* Flash (wrestler) (born 1981), masked professional wrestler * Flash Brown (born 1981), pornographic actor and basketball player * Adam Flash (born 1971), American professional wrestler * Flash Flanagan (born 1974), American professional wrestler * Grandmaster Flash (born 1958), American hip hop musician and DJ * Larry "Flash" Jenkins (1955–2019), American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter * Scott Norton (born 1961), American professional wrestler * Flash Terry (1934–2004), American guitarist and singer

In sport

* Flash, on the TV show '' American Gladiators'' * Gabriel Elorde (1935–1985), Filipino professional boxer * Richard Flash (born 1976), English footballer * Josh Gordon (born 1991), American football player * Flash Hollett (1911–1999), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Cordarrelle Patterson (born 1991), American football player * Gordon Shedden (born 1979), British racing driver * Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player * Lee Young-ho (born 1992), South Korean professional Starcraft player also known as "Flash"

Other people

* George Flash (1909–1990), Israeli politician * Sandy Flash (died 1778), American highwayman * Mark Kennedy (policeman), known undercover as Flash or Mark Stone

Places

* Flash, Staffordshire, England, a village * The Flash (lake), a lake near Borras, Wales

Science and technology

Computing

* Adobe Flash (formerly Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash), multimedia platform software *

Flash memory Flash memory is an Integrated circuit, electronic Non-volatile memory, non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for t ...

, a kind of non-volatile computer memory * ''Flash!'', the bundled graphics package for the SAM Coupé

Other uses in science and technology

* Flash (manufacturing), an excess material attached to a moulded product along a parting line * Flash (photography), instantaneous illumination for picture taking * FLASH, a particle physics facility in Germany * Flash lightning, a lightning burst within a cloud (Intracloud) * FlAsH-EDT2 or FlAsH tag, a fluorescent label for proteins * Fly Castelluccio Flash, an Italian paramotor design * Hook flash in telephony, often labelled on buttons as simply 'flash' * M202 FLASH, a rocket launcher * Tilbury Flash, an American racing monoplane built in the 1930s * Fast low angle shot magnetic resonance imaging (FLASH), an MRI pulse-sequence

Sports

* Flash (juggling), a type of throwing and catching * Delaware Blue Coats, originally the Utah Flash, an NBA Development League team * Flash Engineering, a Swedish motorsports team * Flash Stakes, a former Thoroughbred horse race * Kent State Golden Flashes or just the Flashes, the athletics teams of Kent State University * Las Vegas Flash, an inline hockey team in 1994 * Monterrey Flash, a Mexican indoor soccer team formed in 2011 * Rochester Flash, a former American Soccer League team * San Diego Flash, a soccer team based in San Diego, California * Western New York Flash, an American women's soccer franchise

Other uses

* Flash (cleaning product), the trading name of Mr. Clean in the UK and Ireland * Flash (lake), a body of water that forms where the land below it has subsided * Flash (tattoo), a source pattern for body art * Flash, to expose a person's private parts to another person in exhibitionism * Flash, a lightning bolt symbol, for example in Flash and Circle * Flash Airlines, a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt * Flash BRT, a bus rapid transit network in Montgomery County, Maryland