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Looking back, I’m not sure the Flash TV series had any impact positive or negative on my love of the character, or comics in general. But what it did manage to do was effect the lives of four young men (who had no idea of what they were in for) and led them to create possibly the most accurate drinking game for any show based on just four or so episodes. I present to you all:

The Flash TV Series Drinking Game

Rule 1
Name: Murals
Drinks: 1
Explanation: Apparently during the show’s one season run the set designer’s son was also a struggling artist who specialized in murals. As a result, in nearly every scene there is a colorful and unique mural. Due to the frequency of this rule’s appearance, we’ve assigned it one drink.
Example: There is a mural of a horse in Barry’s crime lab. Yes, I just actually typed that.

Rule 2
Name: Shipp-Cleave, or ‘Shippage’
Drinks: 2
Explanation: Because of the nature and majesty of John Wesley Shipp’s appealing chesticles and what seems on the surface to be a condition of his contract, in nearly every scene he is showing more cleavage than the female character he is having a dialogue with.
Example: Barry is wearing a shirt with four buttons undone, Tina is wearing a turtleneck.

Rule 3
Name: Flash Walks
Drinks: 2
Explanation: The Flash would often zoom onto a screen just to do every other motion slowly and methodically. Even when faced with danger the Flash would continue to move at regular speed and then often simply walk off screen when the scene had ended.
Example: Barry super speeds into Tina’s office only to slowly and deliberately walk out as Tina tries to convince him to submit to some random and harmless monitoring.

Rule 4
Name: Absurd Science
Drinks: 1
Explanation: Barry and Tina often explain away story elements by stringing together words that sound either important or scientific. No research has gone into any of the terms, as they only exist to move the story along.
Example: When Tina covers for Barry while confronting Iris in the pilot she claims she’s the local ‘Genetic Fingerprint Analyst.’ Worse, Iris buys it hook, line, and sinker.

Rule 5
Name: Inappropriate Time Reference
Drinks: 2
Explanation: Attempting to capitalize on the the success of the Burton Era Batman Franchise, the Flash attempts stylizing sets by combining modern technology, steam punk, and antique cars and cameras, and yet some how still includes modern era set pieces. When they all jumble together in a single shot, this rule is in effect.
Example: Julio pulls up in a 1955 jalopy, Barry arrives in his red Taurus, but takes out a neon lit crime kit.

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