Ralph's actual power is calling out Team Flash when no one else will. If only the writers didn't do it half-heartedly.

You know Season 4 must be real bad in comparison to Seasons 1-3 when the naming has changed from “Insufferably Inconsistent” to “Infuriatingly Inconsistent”.

While watching season 4, I decided Devo was just a regular intelligence level guy, but comparing to team Flash he was a genius 😂😂

When making this show the writers had two paths to choose: either commit to having Barry be OP and come up with creative ways for villains to outplay him, or commit to having a bullshit reason as to why Barry doesn’t use his speed to just end every confrontation immediately. Instead of choosing a path they just wandered off into the woods, got lost, and have been scraping by in a homeless mans tent, which results in so many scenes of Barry getting knocked down and just sitting there, refusing to use his powers for no reason other than plot convenience, while the villains monologue and then escape

I like how 90% of the criticism of the show could have been avoided if they said something like "we need to collect data about the meta's power to adjust the power dampening cuffs"

He may not be the worst villain overall, but his name being “The Thinker” when he actively doesn’t think is just priceless

“Flash time, put him in the pipeline.” Damn that bar goes hard.

I love how the whole routine of "we don't kill..." and "we don't have to kill anyone..." creates a massive rift to previous seasons and actions from these characters and it could be solved with writing, and not even clever writing at that. All you're missing is a god damn "...anymore." at the end and give them a singular moment of guilt and then never bring it up again. It's a bit patchy and it doesn't solve all the other problems with the show, but it's issues like these that shouldn't even arise in the first place lmao

In Injustice 2 when Flash fights Braniac there’s a really good intro dialogue that goes like this: Flash: “You can’t control me, Braniac!” Braniac: ”My intelligence far exceeds yours.” Flash: “My feet move faster than your neurons.” Which basically should’ve been every fight between him and the thinker

A small nitpick. When Barry was arrested and later in the courtroom leaving for an emergency. There is no way a prime suspect in a murder case would be allowed to even move an inch without the police being present.

"Hey, remember when Barry wasn't dumb?" "Yeah me neither"

I can’t imagine how painful the existence of these characters must be. To have onset dementia, have a brain made up of caterpillar hair, and be inconsistent in every aspect of existence because the writers decided to abandon the characters to a fate worse than death. Imagine having an insurmountable obstacle on an hourly basis only to overcome it the next day as if it were nothing only to forget how you did it then repeat. Poor team flash

Nice to see this series being consistent with its inconsistency.

Also it's worth noting that Iris' whole "yOu LEft mE!!!" routine was deliberately done in a room with someone who did not know Barry was the Flash. Therefore Barry is not allowed to simply respond with "The planet would have literally exploded." He is forced to pretend she is right because his only other options are to look like a manipulative piece of crap or reveal his secret identity to a random stranger. She set all of that up to force an apology out of him when he never did anything wrong. This is why people hate Iris. She's psychotic and incredibly entitled.

The one time the Flash decides to run after the guy, he loses his power 1:42:27

1:47:25 didn't flash have the ability to make speed mirages that essentially accomplish the same thing? Barry forgetting he has super powers is definitely something that happens a lot though lol.

Devoe was actually not stupid. He intentionally acted stupid to bait Madvocate to create another Flash video to enlighten the viewers of the inconsistency of the Arrowverse. The enlightenment did happen in the end.

I would love to see a remake of the flash which is just 10 mins each season of him acting intelligently and cuffing everyone, like an any% speedrun of the show.

Take a drink everytime you hear there's nowhere to run, difficulty: liver failure

2:56:08 he said he was going to start working on Season 5 but we want to know how long

i think irises superpower is gaslighting and manipulation and it works so well that most people in the flash tv show dont see how horrible of a character and a person she is.

The sad part is that it's not even the actors fault. It's the horrible writers

I love how Barry and the gang gets progressively more idiotic. Imagine how long Season 5's is gonna be.

Okay but the real Clifford’s dead body exists, so Ralph impersonating him should absolutely not have worked

It's funny how Ralph is the biggest narcissistic scoundrel but somehow also the only one that ever takes complete ownership of his mistakes.

It’s honestly really unfair, and borderline unprofessional, to say that this show is inconsistent. This show is the most consistently terrible piece of media ever made.

The saddest part about the flash is most of these problems could be fixed in 1-2 episodes MAX like hitting someone at Mach 5 could have been explained with Barry hitting a meta and eviscerating them which could explain his hesitancy to fight and why he doesn't use his speed in fights to its fullest advantage

1:55:00 to be fair, he did say "have", meaning he wanted to kill those people

1:26:20 Notice how she's at first fully capable of defending herself against DeVoe in an intelligent way, but AFTER training with team flash she decides to stop and talk? They really trained her well! 🤔

Love the repetition of seeing Atom Smasher, Sandman and Savitar being killed over and over by Team Flash, while lecturing others on the morality of murder. It never gets old.

I just noticed right in Episode 1, Joe not only has bad trigger discipline. (Hand is on the trigger) But he is standing behind Wally and Cisco if either one of them moves into his line of fire when he shoots and can't react in time which in Cisco's case he probably can't then one or the other is just gonna wind up dead.

I know Madvocate probably doesn't want to make these for every single season but holy shit do I really hope he covers the full series or at least Season 5 and 6(I bowed out of watching the show from Season 6) I have never laughed this much watching a horrendous series being torn apart like this 😂

I like how Barry is able to EASILY out run lightning but also at the same time is shown to have visual processing speeds that are worse than an average human. It is like they keep forgetting that a speedster needs to have utterly bonkers reaction times just to be able to run without constantly obliterating people around them like A-train from The Boys.

My theory is that Barry actually perceives everything in flashtime constantly so by the time he turns around to see a villan has walked around a corner he's already forgotten about them

48:19 the only excuse I have for Barry telling the cops everything is because he’s also a cop by proxy and naïvely trusts them

I love how angry and exasperated he gets when reviewing the show over the span of even a single season, very relatable

One punch man is everything I’d actually want a flash show to be, first and foremost being self aware about how massively overpowered the main character is.

You need to hand it to Barry. Intelligence has pursued him since season 1, but he's always been faster.

Funny how Barry thought it was a good idea to bring Izzy Bowen to DeVoe knowing that was exactly what DeVoe wanted 💀💀

I'm watching this video six months after and I realized something in episode 18 lose yourself. Barry said they never have to kill but at the end of season 4, Barry assisted Ralph into getting his body and mind back, the thinker died during that. And let's not forget how his wife killed him too when he consciousness was inside the chair. So the thinker died twice in one episode

Stopping to talk would work in a world where the Flash was so competent, that he doesn't feel the need to immediately incapacitate a person. He just rocks up, trys to understand the goomba and if they aren't the type to calm the fug down, cuff em.

I'm convinced now Barry 90% of the time just puts lightning around him for show but in reality he's just running at normal human speeds lol

Here's the thing about smart characters in fiction. They can only be as clever as the writer's. It's one thing to say they're a genius. But their actions will make them look stupid if the writing team is stupid.

50:46 I forgot he cucked himself to send Barry to prison, that’s reverse flash levels of dedication😭💀

Iris literally saying “Barry, knock him out and then cuff him” is so goddamn funny I can’t put it into words

Wdym "inconsistent" Barry consistently stops to talk and consistently let's villains leave. Seems pretty consistent to me.

I really hope you at least do one more season. I love watching you tear this show up, it deserves it. So many dumb things, I could write a whole different script for this video.

1:54:19 Even Ralph knows that he should cuff her instead of looking at her 💀

I love Madvocate’s brief little affections for Ralph. Y’know when Ralph is consistently a good character and not sacrificed on the podium of “CW’s highlight reel for kicks”

1 Simple fix to most problems is just to say that the Meta Cuffs need to be configured to specific meta abilities. Therefore Flash needs to stop to talk, get enough info about the power, and then Cisco configures them and idk wirelessly uploads them to the cuffs so that Barry can put them on and have them work or something.

if flash had half the iq of quicksilver in this series it woulnt even have 2 seasons

hearing weasel drowning out of nowhere always cracks me up xd

I love the "genius scientist has to use intelligence booster for really basic stuff" because it implies that the writers had a really hard time thinking of this stuff. That is how stupid they are.

I love how Wells having to use the intelligence booster to come up with normal plans works completely because everyone else is too braindead to even come up with half sensible solutions

There is something special bout hearing theres no where to run followed by the smash music

It's probably also worth mentioning that using normal people on the street to spot Devoe doesn't work if Devoe, being the smartest person alive, sees the very public blog post where people are trying to find him, and uses his shapeshifting power to look different.

the magic cuffs really create all the logical problems in the show, huh. Imagine if instead they had to actually study the abilities of the person and figure out a specific solution to detain that person... that would give them a reason to stand and talk and not just immediately apprehend the villain

I have the theory that there isn’t a script for this show, they just gather the actors somewhere with the recording crew and come up with the scenes on the spot

1:02:41 couldn’t Cisco like open a breach under Trickster and like put him at the precinct or something Couldn’t he do that to anyone should Barry be preoccupied

I genuinely think that this is the season that really was the beginning of the end for this show. The upsides of this season is the suit and maybe the concept for the thinker which could have been done much better. It really does shock me how little Barry actually does in these scenes which annoys me so much because the flash is my favorite DC hero. Anyway love the vids keep up the good work.

1:42:05 I love how this was the one time that Barry decides to chase after the bad guy after he runs away and it just happens to be when he loses his powers. Outstanding

Idk man, I'm really happy CW made the show the way they did. I would've never laughed so loud for 3 whole hours if they didn't.

Even ignoring the superspeed, working in an environment that requires your attention and quick thinking skills actually allows you to react faster than normal, meaning that everyone who’s been in the field in this show should be better at their jobs, especially the speedsters 💀

Barry has fought and defeated His future rival who is just as fast as him and always 1 step ahead An earth 2 speedster thats faster than thawne and can capture anyone in the blink of an eye to hold hostage His future self that is litterally an infinite loop,is faster than a speedster can proccess and knows everything he will do HOW IS A SMART GUY IN A BIG CHAIR MENT TO BE STRONGER THAN ALL 3 OF THOSE

"What if I create a vacuum around him?" Thats... not how radiation works...

I think people tend to forget the only way for a non speedster to beat the flash is to have some automatic defense, like sand man or Senestro

The cutouts on the faces for your little graphic are really nice and really tie the video together.

It may be possible to explain why Barry always runs so slowly, because if he runs faster than sound it would create a sonic boom, like when airplanes fly faster. This bang in a city will break a lot of glass and possibly cost some people their hearing. (I realize that when he goes into Flashtime this phenomenon should occur) but in some scenes it happens, like when he fights "God Flash" (the speedstar in the white suit), or in really "heroic" moments sometimes the windows of the street get broken.

There's a flash comic where some villains talk about how central city is a no go zone because of how insanely OP flash is. Somebody needs to send the writers each a copy of the issue.

Barry Allen refusing to be the Flash while imprisoned is made even worse when in Episode 12 he drops a random inmate off in China without anyone noticing he's gone. Meaning that Barry could easily superspeed out of his cell, knockout or transfer said supervillain to iron Heights, and then comeback without anyone noticing.

So with the whole thing about Ralph having a dozen powers, my personal theory is that the powers of DeVoe were linked to his mind and because Ralph was still there his powers were with him. Now that DeVoe is gone so is his mind, no more bus meta powers Ralph just has his

Some other possible memes to use for Barry's talking habits: Loki - "And we both know you LOVE to talk... talkie talkie" Tokyo Ghoul Kaneki - "Can't you see I'm trying to talk? Shut up and listen"

Sometimes I worry that my writing is terrible and inconsistent. Whenever that happens in the future, I will go and rewatch this video, as a reminder that if something this inconsistent and this riddled with plotholes and characters just being stupid for no reason other than the plot needs them to be stupid in order to happen can be a big successful TV show, then a few small inconsistencies or plotholes won't hurt my books that like 3 people read

Its actually the flash's thing in the comics to stop and talk to his bad guys too, because he believes that they can change. The main difference is that the comics version is smart and fast enough to react when stopping to talk goes wrong, whereas this show just has barry/wally getting absolutely destroyed whenever they stop to talk, which is every episode.

1:43:51 wait? This is the first time she is using the speed force. How in the hell does she understand how to use it. SEASON 1 SHOWED HOW BARRY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE SPEED FORCE. If my memory serve correctly. If that’s true, THERE IS NO WAY HER MIND OR BODY WOULD UNDERSTAND USING THE SPEED FORCE ON HER FIRST TRY. 😭😭

It's like an RPG game 2:28:19

In season 5 it is revealed that Kaitlyn/Frost isn't a Meta, which means that the meta cuffs don't work on her. Meaning she shouldn't get captured in episode 9.

Also you didn't mention it, but Devoe could still prevent himself from being spotted in public by simply using Ralph's ability to morph into someone else.

if cecile is a telepath then why dosent she just reed devoe's mind to know what his plan is and how to stop him

you know how they said argus had a way to check for transmogrification detection, all they had to do was have a throw away line saying it wouldn't work and the only option is ralph

If you do Season 5, you should do a count of useful items and powers the show forgot about.

Hey, give DeVoe a chance. He was a good villain, especially in the episode where he said “it’s thinkin time” and started thinking all over Team Flash.

Can you please do the remaining seasons I love this so much🥹🥹

58:32 the hardest edit i've seen in a while

The real reason Devoe's plan is full of holes is revealed at the end of the season: using the intelligence booster caused Wells to suffer brain damage and it was also going to be used to wipe the minds of everyone on the planet, which means that Devoe didn't actually have super intelligence, it's just that compared to Barry Allen a trained pidgeon looks like a genius so a man with the intellect of a child was actually the perfect opponent for a battle of the minds.

During Flashtime Jessie went to Earth 3 to get Jay Garrick which implies she opened a breach, but earlier in the episode it was established a breach can’t open in flashtime.

I keep getting annoyed at madvocate repeating "knock him out" or "cuff her" over and over. Then I remember "oh thats right!" It isn't Madvocate I should be annoyed at. It's the writers for creating such a long period he has to fill explaining their mistake.

29:22 To be fair... Savitar was going to die even if Iris didn't shoot him. All she did was speed up the process tbh.

Madvocate, you forgot to mention when Iris complained that Barry left her alone in the beginning is inconsistent with Barry allowing himself to get arrested knowing he's leaving Iris alone again 😂

somehing i also would like to point out is that the timers are quite generous when barry is running to something because time would be going by slower to show him running

The 'self-destruct' thing really bugs me. For it to even work, the evil Barry would have to be another version of this Barry, since a doppleganger wouldn't have the same suit. First of all, Cisco is relying on the evil version of Barry using this suit, which the writers kinda forgot the evil version of Barry from only one season ago did once very briefly. Second of all.....well we don't actually know what was in that manual Cisco handed Barry. I am going to assume that the self-destruct sequence is in there, because otherwise Cisco failed to notify Barry there was a bomb in there. But that means that Cisco notified Barry of the self-destruct sequence, meaning that any potential evil version of Barry will know about it. Third of all, he just publicly announced that the self-destruct sequence exists. To all of Team Flash. To a team that two times in the last three years have seen one of their close friends turn out to be a supervillain. To a team which once saw it revealed that the villain was secretly spying on them (season 1.....holy shit does this show like to recycle plot points). He did it right next to Caitlin, WHO HE KNOWS has a secret supervillain alter ego who retains all of Caitlin's memories. Fourth of all, and this does bug me.....why doesn't Devoe destroy Barry. I know you want to say 'oh he wanted access to the speed force', but he can easily use Wally. Devoe doesn't activate the suit's self-destruct at any point. Heck, it might even just be enough to buy him time to complete his plan whilst Barry dealt with it. If you say to me that Cisco installed safeguards.....WHY WEREN'T THEY THERE BEFORE? Fifth of all, the self-destruct can be stopped by electricty. By shorting out the suit, with an ability that any evil version of Barry is fully aware of. Sixth of all, does the self destruct lock Barry into the suit? Because otherwise, what is to stop an evil version of Barry from simply getting out of it? Seventh of all, what is the trigger device for the self-destruct?

I find it amazing that each season of The Flash somehow found a unique way to be worse than the previous one by far.

I really admire Madvocate's optimism. Considering he has seen Barry for 3.5 years of in-world time, Madvocate is still confident that if Barry was not in prison he could've cuffed those metas and saved people in the process, despite Barry not doing that 99.5% of the time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

6:03 God its so much smaller than last time.

So, just because Barry is vibrating from side to side so fast he can't be seen doesn't mean he's not there. In fact, it actually makes him an easier target to hit because he's technically in 2 places at once.

Iris being completely insufferable is the most consistent thing about this show.

I like how Barry claims that he doesn't kill, but then he goes ahead and suggests, "Hey Ralph, let's extract you from DeVoe's brain, effectively erasing him." What exactly did Barry anticipate happening to DeVoe? Did he believe that DeVoe would miraculously emerge unscathed, in a different body alive and well?

hey last time i checked some small balls are stornger than the flash 20:10

Also, since the cork sphere is now destroyed, shouldn’t the speed force now be raining hell on earth and demanding for Barry to go back into the speed force?

Something i just realized: season 5's main villain, cicada, is created from the explosion of the satellite, which only happened due to constant incompetence from barry in season 4. This means that every single person that cicada hurts, kidnaps or kills in season 5, regardless of how much it makes sense in the moment, they will have to fall under the "should have been saved" category.