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Bart Allen

Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by  DC Comics. A speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash. Created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo, Bart first made a cameo in The Flash (vol. 2) #91 in 1994 before his full debut in issue #92. He has since been featured as the lead character in Impulse (1995–2002) and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006–2007). Bart also appears in the series Young Justice and Teen Titans as a member of both superhero teams.

As first conceived by writers, Bart was born in the 30th century to Meloni Thawne and Don Allen, and is part of a complex family tree of superheroes and supervillains. His father, Don, is one of the Tornado Twins and his paternal grandfather is Barry Allen, the second Flash. His paternal grandmother, Iris West, is also the adoptive aunt of the third Flash, Wally West (Bart's first cousin once removed). Additionally, Bart is the first cousin of XS, a Legionnaire and daughter of Dawn Allen. On his mother's side, he is a descendant of supervillains Professor Zoom and Cobalt Blue as well as the half-brother of Owen Mercer, the second Captain Boomerang. In addition to these relatives, he had a supervillain clone known as Inertia.

For most of his superhero career, Bart was the teenage sidekick to Wally West. After West's apparent death in the Infinite Crisis crossover event in 2006, Allen grew up and became the Flash. His tenure as the Flash was brief and concluded with his death in issue 13 of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive. Allen was subsequently absent for nearly two years after his apparent death, but resurfaced—young again—as Kid Flash, in 2009's Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds. During DC's The New 52 era, Bart Allen was reintroduced in Teen Titans as the alias of an amnesiac revolutionary from the future named Bar Torr; the character was later written out of comics, and his tenure erased from continuity by the subsequent DC Rebirth initiative. The original Bart Allen was brought back as part of DC Rebirth's Wonder Comics Young Justice series.

Outside of comics, Bart has been portrayed by Kyle Gallner in the live-action television series Smallville. Jason Marsden voiced the character in the animated series Young Justice. Jordan Fisher portrays a variation of the character as the future son of Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen starting in the seventh season of The CW Arrowverse television series The Flash as a recurring character.

Initial reference
As depicted in a Legion of Super-Heroes story, Barry Allen's children—the Tornado Twins—were arrested in A.D. 2995 by the government of Earth, which had fallen under the covert control of the Dominators. Following a one-day trial on trumped-up charges of treason, the Twins were executed. According to a Daily Planet news report, Don Allen is survived by his wife Carmen Johnson (whose real name was Meloni Thawne), his mother Iris West Allen, and his two-year-old son: Barry Allen II. This timeline was wiped out by the events of Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! miniseries.

Impulse
In the new post-Zero Hour timeline, Bart Allen was the son of Don Allen and Meloni Thawne (a descendant of Eobard Thawne). The Tornado Twins of this timeline were killed in an invasion by the Dominators that took place years before this timeline's Legion of Super-Heroes was founded, when Bart was a baby. Bart was born with full super-speed; his cousin Jenni Ognats, daughter of Dawn Allen and Jeven Ognats, did not at first display any signs of super-speed. At the sight of seeing her father tortured, her latent super-speed powers activated and would go on to join the Legion under the name XS. Subsequent to the restoration of the DC multiverse, this along with the entire history of the post-Zero Hour Legion was retconned to have taken place on the parallel world of Earth-247, with the Tornado Twins and their families having traveled there from New Earth.

Suffering from a hyper-accelerated metabolism, Bart Allen suffered from rapid aging, causing him to appear to be twelve when he was chronologically only two years old. To prevent him from developing mental health problems, he was raised in a virtual reality world that kept pace with his own scale of time. When it became clear that this method was not working, his grandmother, Iris Allen, took him back in time to the present where the Flash, Wally West, tricked Bart into a race around the world. By forcing Bart into an extreme burst of speed, Wally managed to return his metabolism to normal. Because he had spent the majority of his childhood in a simulated world, Bart had no concept of danger and was prone to reckless behavior. The youth proved to be more trouble than Wally could handle, and he was placed into the custody of Max Mercury, who moved him to Manchester, Alabama. Bart originally created the Impulse codename for himself, though a retcon in Impulse #50 has Batman codenaming him such as a warning, not a compliment.

Bart joined the Titans early in his career before going on to become one of the founding members of the superhero team Young Justice alongside Robin and Superboy. For a time, Impulse owned a spaceship granted to him by a rich sultan in appreciation for having helped save his castle. The team used this ship to reunite Doiby Dickles with his queen and restore the rightful rule of Myrg. Impulse stayed with Young Justice for an extensive period of time during which he developed the ability to make speed-force energy duplicates. This allowed him to be in multiple places at once. The newly acquired power proved useful until one of the duplicates was killed during the "Our Worlds at War" storyline when half the team was lost on Apokolips. Bart quit Young Justice temporarily as the death of his duplicate led him to come to terms with his own mortality.

Following Max Mercury's disappearance, Bart was taken in by Jay Garrick, the first Flash, and his wife Joan. After the breakup of Young Justice, Bart joined some of his former teammates in a new line-up of the Teen Titans.

Kid Flash
Shortly after Bart joined the Teen Titans, he was shot in the knee by Deathstroke (who at the time was possessed by Jericho) and received a prosthetic one. While recovering, Bart read every single book in the San Francisco Public Library and reinvented himself as the new Kid Flash. Once healed, the artificial knee did not affect his running ability, but reminded him that he needs to think first rather than to act impulsively. When Robin reminded him that by becoming Kid Flash, he would be forced to live in the Flash's shadow, Bart said firmly, "No, he'll be living in mine."

In the "Titans Tomorrow" storyline, Bart assumed the mantle of the Flash after the current Flash died in a "Crisis". In this alternate future, he was able to steal the speed of others, a power he used on his past self. This reality shows a grown Bart posing as a member of the so-called Titans of Tomorrow. However, he is really a spy working on the behalf of Titans East, a resistance group led by the future Cyborg. Additionally, the future Bart is romantically involved with Rose Wilson.

Infinite Crisis
During the Infinite Crisis, Superboy-Prime attacked Conner Kent (Superboy) and injured or killed several Teen Titans, thus prompting Bart to stop his rampage. He accomplished this by running him at top speed into the Speed Force with the help of veteran speedsters Wally West and Jay Garrick. The feat took its toll on Garrick, who reached his limit before entering the Speed Force, and West, who turned into energy and vanished, leaving Bart alone in the fight against a vastly more powerful Superboy-Prime. Luckily for the young speedster, Barry Allen, Johnny Quick, and Max Mercury, all of whom had been previously absorbed into the Speed Force, appeared and aided him.

After Superboy-Prime escapes from his prison, Bart follows him, spending four years in an alternate reality's Keystone City. Returning to his universe with Superboy-Prime, temporarily without his memories of what happened during the crisis and wearing his grandfather's costume, an aged Bart reappeared in Tokyo just in time to fight alongside Superman and many other heroes in the Battle of Metropolis. Getting his memories back, he unleashes his anger against Superboy-Prime for killing Conner Kent and so forcing the villain to retreat from battle. When the battle is over, Bart explains to Jay where he had been, and claimed he had used up the last of his speed, leaving him powerless.

The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006–2009)
Harboring a secret—that the Speed Force was still around, and threatened to overwhelm him—Bart set about creating a normal life for himself. He got a job as a factory worker at Keystone Motors and tried to leave super-heroics behind him; however, trouble around him eventually led him to don the costume.

When his roommate gained super-powers and became the Griffin, Bart is forced to accept his destiny. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Bart Allen became the Flash. Not long after defeating the Griffin, the latest Flash moved to Los Angeles to start a new chapter in his life. As a civilian, Bart began training at the Los Angeles Police Academy, focusing on forensics.

Soon after donning the Flash identity, Bart was considered for Justice League membership and got particular support from Batman, who felt he was more than ready for the position. Robin contacted Bart and asked him to return to the Teen Titans. However, after fighting Steppenwolf with the newly reformed Justice League, Bart tried to join the League rather than rejoin the Titans, although he held off on taking an official position until he felt that he was ready.

When Bart confronted Captain Cold at his apartment while following up on a cold case as part of his forensics class- having determined that the victim's head had been frozen and shattered, with Cold the only villain capable of reaching the necessary temperature who didn't have a clear alibi at the time- Zoom appeared and attacked Bart. Zoom was apparently enlisted by Bart's grandmother, Iris, with the goal of immobilizing him before an imminent attack. It was later revealed that Iris only came to the past to warn her grandson about the Rogues (consisting of Abra Kadabra, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, the Pied Piper, the Trickster, Weather Wizard, and Captain Cold), led by Inertia, teaming up. Together they were trying to build a machine that would stop time. As their plan began to come to fruition, Bart was arrested for the fight with Steppenwolf, who was a New God.

Death and legacy
Bart revealed himself as the Flash to fight the Rogues. During the battle, it was revealed that the machine built by Inertia actually drains the Speed Force from an individual instead of freezing time. When the Rogues used it on the Flash, Bart's powers were stripped away from him, leaving him surrounded by the Rogues and leading to the appearance of the Black Flash. Inertia's machine proved unstable, however, and would destroy the West Coast if the Speed Force was not safely released from it. Bart fought the Rogues before chasing after Inertia, distracting them while Valerie Perez released the Speed Force. In a panic, Captain Cold, Heatwave, and Weather Wizard kill Bart.

Mourners held a candlelight vigil at the Flash Museum. Outside Titans Tower in San Francisco, a memorial statue of Bart in his Kid Flash uniform was placed next to the statue of Superboy.

As Wally West's return to New Earth coincided with Bart's death, Inertia alleged that Bart's loss of powers was a direct consequence of Wally absorbing the newly released Speed Force. However, no further blame was put on Wally, who then avenged his protégé by freezing Inertia's body in time but leaving his mind active. Inertia was put on display in a new area of the Flash Museum, dedicated to Bart's life. In Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, Inertia was unfrozen and continued his rampage trying to kill Bart Allen's family, but was stopped by the Flash's enemy Zoom. Zoom revealed that he wanted Inertia to become the new Kid Flash. Inertia stole Zoom's time manipulation power, leaving Zoom unable to even walk, and renamed himself "Kid Zoom." The Rogues and Kid Zoom battled, and, Kid Zoom was incapacitated by the Pied Piper, at which point the Rogues killed him. The Rogues delivered Inertia's corpse to Keystone City with a message reading "Tell the Flash we're even – The Rogues."

Marc Guggenheim, writer of the story arc in which Bart dies, has stated that this was an editorial decision, and that he was instructed that his five-issue run would have to end with Bart's death and the involvement of the Rogues.

Keystone City held a funeral for Bart, in which Jay Garrick, Cyborg, Wonder Girl and Robin gave eulogies. At the end of his own speech, Robin played a video Bart made soon after he had taken on the mantle of Kid Flash. In it Bart relayed to his friends that no matter what happened to him, he would always be proud of having been a part of the Flash legacy, and how happy he was being a member of the Teen Titans. Shortly after the Keystone funeral, a more private funeral was held for Bart at Titans Tower, where they erected a golden statue of Bart as Kid Flash beside the statue of Superboy.

During the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth, Superboy-Prime's first act was to visit and defile Bart's grave which was inscribed "Bart Allen: The Flash". Superboy-Prime used his heat vision to cross out "The Fastest Man Alive" and write in its place "stupidest boy dead".

Return: Kid Flash again
In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds miniseries, Brainiac 5 and the Legion of Super-Heroes free Bart from the Speed Force as part of their plan to defeat Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains. Bart and XS mention that they feel a new strength emanating from the Speed Force, suggesting they can feel Barry Allen's return, although Bart believes it to be Max Mercury instead.

Soon after Bart's resurrection, the Legion also revive Superboy. Together the pair aid the Legion in defeating Superboy-Prime by having him destroy himself. Bart tries to convince XS to return to the past with him, but she instead decides to stay in the future, getting to know their new Earth.

Once returned to the present, Superman assembles the Teen Titans as well as the adult Titans together, and re-introduces them to Kid Flash and Superboy.

The Flash: Rebirth
In The Flash: Rebirth storyline, Bart quickly discovers that things had changed significantly since he had been away. Barry Allen, his grandfather and legendary speedster who had sacrificed himself against the battle with the Anti-Monitor, had also returned from the grave. At Teen Titans Tower West, where Robin and Wonder Girl have planned a welcome home party for Bart while everyone else is at the parades for Barry, Bart views his grandfather's return with skepticism, admitting a desire for things to "go back to the way it used to be". He wishes that Wally was still the primary Flash and he would still be his sidekick. Bart's bitterness, though, centers on feeling angry that Barry is the only one to escape the Speed Force and his former mentor, Max Mercury had not.

Bart, along with others connected to the Speed Force, are struck with severe pain when Barry accidentally kills the speedster Savitar by merely touching him. When Barry accidentally kills another evil speedster, it is revealed that he is now the new Black Flash. The JLA and JSA work together to contain Barry in a machine that will sever his ties to the Speed Force. Bart rushes to the scene and confronts Barry over the reason why Max has not returned, but his grandfather cannot provide an answer. The Black Flash part of Barry quickly takes over, shattering the machine and attempting to reach out to the speedsters, including Bart, in the area. Barry is rushed away by his friends as Bart, Wally, Iris, and Jay look on.

Superman tells Bart and the others that Barry has decided to return to the Speed Force to protect them. Wally decides to follow Barry and bring him back, and Bart asks him to bring back Max. Shortly after Wally leaves, Linda contacts Jay and Bart to tell them that Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash, is at her house attacking Jay and Iris. Bart and Jay rush to the scene, and fight Professor Zoom through the city. During their fight, Professor Zoom criticizes Bart for being a pollutant in the Thawne line due to being a descendant of both an Allen and a Thawne. He bests Bart with ease and is about to stab him with his staff, when Max Mercury suddenly returns from the Speed Force. Bart is shocked and overjoyed by his mentor's return. Wally and Barry return as well and the group of speedsters charge the Reverse-Flash, ready for a fight.

In the aftermath of the battle with the Reverse-Flash, an encounter with Jesse Chambers causes Wally's daughter Iris to manifest a connection to the Speed Force. Much to Bart's surprise, Iris decides to don Bart's old costume and become the new Impulse.

Blackest Night
With Bart and Conner Kent's return, both of their statues are removed from the Titans Tower's memorial. However, Nekron, the "black personification" of Death, seeks to reclaim their lives during the Blackest Night crossover. Bart, along with Wally, races across the globe to warn every hero of the Black Lantern Corps' invasion. Bart later arrives at Coast City with Wally and scatters members of the Justice League and Teen Titans to take a stand against Nekron, who is responsible for the Black Lanterns. Despite being resurrected, Bart's previous status as a deceased allows one of Nekron's black rings to transform him into a Black Lantern.

After Ganthet chooses Barry to become the leader of the Blue Lantern Corps, Bart immediately engages in battle with him. Barry's blue power ring detects that Bart is still alive, but will die if he is not freed from the black ring soon. Barry nearly releases Bart from the black ring using blue energy constructs crafted in the images of Bart as Impulse and Kid Flash, before interference by Black Lantern versions of Professor Zoom and Solovar stops him. Wally and Blue Lantern Saint Walker join Barry to fight against them. Bart attempts to use his speed powers to kill Wally, only to be temporarily returned to normal. Realizing that their mutual connection to the Speed Force can save Bart, Barry uses his powers to break the ring's connection, freeing him.

Return to Titans
Sometime after Blackest Night, Bart and Conner are recruited by Cyborg to help rescue a current Titan by the name of Static, who had been kidnapped while visiting his hometown of Dakota. The three heroes arrive at the scene of a battle between the Teen Titans and a superhuman gangster named Holocaust, and intervene just as he is about to finish off their comrades. Bart and Conner then comment that it is time for them to come out of "retirement" and rejoin the Teen Titans. Holocaust simply laughs and tells them to bring it, and Bart responds by saying "We were hoping you'd say that". After a lengthy battle, Bart deals the finishing blow to the villain by running around him fast enough to open a vacuum which sucks him into the Earth's core.

At the behest of Tim Drake, Bart travels to Gotham City and saves Catwoman from members of the League of Assassins while she is sleeping in her apartment. After knocking out the would-be killers, Bart remarks to Tim over the radio that Selina is "super-fine", and that this may be the best day of his life.

Shortly after settling back in Titans Tower, Bart reveals to Conner that during his brief stay in the future, he went through a number of records and schematics concerning technology from the era. He also tells Conner that he is losing his memories of this future information due to the time stream being corrected, and that he is writing down everything he can remember.

Flashpoint
When Iris West Allen calls Barry home, she, Jay Garrick, Wally West, and Bart Allen are all troubled by the way that he has been isolating himself from everyone. Bart believes that Barry dislikes him and runs off until he is attacked by Hot Pursuit. Barry arrives too late, when Hot Pursuit discharges electricity at Bart with his baton and is engulfed in lightning. However, Hot Pursuit mistakenly believes that Bart is not one of the anomalies that are affecting the timeline, known as the Flashpoint.

The Earth is a changed alternate timeline, where Bart Allen wakes up in the 31st century in Brainiac's stasis pod chamber and has lost his super-speed. After failing to avoid being re-captured by Brainiac, he is confronted by a female Hot Pursuit and with her help, pulls away from Brainiac. This Hot Pursuit reveals herself to be Patty Spivot, Barry Allen's assistant. Bart must find a way to get his super-speed back before being erased from existence. Bart learns that Patty stole Hot Pursuit's motorcycle and has taken his place. Bart allows himself to be recaptured by Brainiac and is placed into a stasis pod, destroying Brainiac's security program from the inside. Patty holds of Brainiac and breaks an energy projector, which returns Bart's super-speed to him. Bart then runs through time to the 21st century, and promises Patty he will return and rescue her. However, Bart's body was transforming into Black Flash that had been controlled by the Speed Force, taking him to reduce the speedsters Max Mercury, Jay Garrick, and Wally West. Bart reversed from Black Flash and runs into Barry, when he realizes that the Speed Force is encased for him. Bart is to be absorbed into the living embodiment of the Speed Force's light that gives Barry his power and tells him to save the world.

DC Rebirth
Prior to Bart Allen's reappearance, the Titans Tomorrow alternate-future version of Bart Allen reappears in the 2018 crossover storyline “Super-Sons of Tomorrow”. A shattered figure of Bart Allen wearing his Impulse costume is also seen in the Flash Museum in the 25th century.

The original Bart Allen returns to the main DC universe after Wally West and Barry Allen break the Force Barrier. Once again wearing the Impulse costume, he emerges from the Speed Force and races through a city street triumphantly declaring that he is back.

Shortly afterward, he reunites with his former Young Justice and Teen Titans teammates Robin (Tim Drake) and Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark). Bart is the main driving force behind the revival of the Young Justice team; after being transported to Gemworld and reunited with Superboy (Kon-El), the team officially re-forms.

In "The New Golden Age", Jay Garrick allows Judy Garrick to bunk in Bart's room while he is away with Max Mercury. He later attended a party that was held by the Flash family.

Powers and abilities
Bart's primary power is speed, along with abilities that are common to comics speedsters, such as creating whirlwinds, running on water, and vibrating through matter. The latter ability results in "molecular taffy" if Bart does not concentrate; he also possesses an aura, that prevents air friction while running. Bart does possess some abilities that other speedsters do not have. He has the ability to produce "scouts", Speed Force avatars that he can send through the timestream, but has used it infrequently since the death of one avatar put him in a coma during the "Our Worlds at War" storyline that crossed over among the Impulse, Superboy, and Young Justice titles. After being forced to use it during the "World Without Young Justice" crossover event, he was able and willing to use them with ease, up until he became Kid Flash. He has been shown to move faster than light as Impulse, while now he has an artificial knee which limits his speed as Kid Flash. He now can only travel close to the speed of light.

Bart is resistant to the alterations in the time stream. His parents met only in post-Zero Hour continuity, but he arrived before the event. Bart has the ability to recall everything he has ever read, heard or watched (which includes speed-reading every book in the San Francisco Public Library), allowing him to spout encyclopedic information concerning the situation at hand as well as quotations from Mark Twain, of whose work he is fond. He has also displayed the ability to create powerful radio waves by rotating his arms at high speeds and using the resulting vibrations in conjunction with his teammate Static's electromagnetic abilities.

After Infinite Crisis, Bart's connection to the Speed Force is more difficult to control because he now contains the Speed Force and, in essence, is the Speed Force. When he taps into the Speed Force, Bart appears to have electricity crackling around him, and the Speed Force inside him becomes so lethal that he initially wears the Flash suit while running to prevent it from killing him. After remembering his experiences on an alternate Earth during a fight with Griffin, he began to gain a measure of control over the Speed Force before it was released from his body just prior to his death.

Flash legacy
Since his first appearance in The Flash #91, Bart had been trained by several speed-endowed heroes such as Jay Garrick, Johnny Quick, and Max Mercury. Prior to his reluctance to don the red and yellow, Bart showed a lot of enthusiasm toward his role as the future Flash. However, Wally West had a number of apprehensions about Bart, as shown by Wally's naming Jesse Quick as his successor and his refusal to deliver to Bart his invitation from Cyborg to join the latest incarnation of the Teen Titans. Bart took these acts in stride though, and, after Robin claimed that he will always live in the Flash's shadow, Bart even says that "the Flash will be in mine".

Other versions
Numerous versions of Bart have appeared throughout comics.

Bar Torr
After the DC universe was rebooted in 2011, a new incarnation of the character was introduced with a substantially rewritten history. Teen Titans (vol. 4) #1 opens with an amnesiac Bart six months prior to his first appearance, saving a mansion from a fire. He cannot explain how he is able to move at superhuman speeds, but he is certain that he has a connection to the Flash, and so begins to call himself "Kid Flash". The second issue identifies this Kid Flash as Bart Allen. Virgil Hawkins, a brilliant intern from S.T.A.R. Labs, performs diagnostic tests on Bart and concludes that Bart is not from the 21st Century, indicating that he may possibly be from the 30th Century. Based on his test, Virgil presents Kid Flash with a new uniform, one that can keep his molecules aligned. This Bart Allen is also hinted to be from the future as his flashes from the future and the Legion Lost team's recollection of him from their history indicate.

In Justice League of America's Vibe, Amanda Waller deduces from testing his abilities against Vibe's that Kid Flash draws power from the Speed Force, which Vibe is able to disrupt. When they accidentally touch, Kid Flash's past appears before Vibe's eyes, and he is shown to be a criminal from Earth's future. Kid Flash says he has no recollection of his past, nor why he has been sent back in time. The pair find the spot where he first arrived from Earth's future, which Kid Flash had been dreaming about for some time, but Bart flees the scene because he distrusts the JLA. In The Flash #21, Kid Flash meets the Flash (Barry Allen). Barry learns Kid Flash is from the future and also senses that his powers do not stem from the Speed Force. Kid Flash claims that Bart Allen is not his real name, and refuses to say who gave it to him. He also denies the Flash the opportunity to share his own secret identity with Bart.

Bart Allen's new origin story is later given in Teen Titans (vol. 4) #25 and 26 (December 2013, January 14). His real name is explained to be Bar Torr, having been sent to the 21st century as part of a witness protection program ahead of his trial for terrible crimes. A feared reactionary from a dystopian alien world Altros Prime in the far future, Bar Torr was the son of a religious couple who were murdered by the Purifiers, agents of the oppressive regime of the Functionary. An orphan, Bar managed to put his sister Shira into the care of a nunnery after many brutal years spent protecting her. Too young to kill any Purifiers himself, he joined their ranks instead. Following a space ship crash while smuggling contraband for the Purifiers, Torr discovered that by unknown means he had acquired healing abilities and incredible super speed, which he later used to get bloody revenge on the Purifiers, sending a message of hope to the oppressed people of his homeworld. He later assembled an army of reactionaries and began a full-scale rebellion against the Functionary which lasted many years, until members of his rebellion seriously injured an older Shira, who grew up on the side of the Functionary. This prompted Bar to turn himself in. Seeking penance, he promised the Functionary he would take down his own rebellion from the inside. While the prosecution assembled its case against Bar, he was sent back to the 21st century with a new personality and new memories, as Bart Allen, and only a lingering feeling that he was pursuing redemption. In the present day, in the wake of an attack on the team by Johnny Quick of the Crime Syndicate, the prosecution retrieves Bart and brings him and the team to the future once again, where he awaits trial, and his friends learn of his past atrocities. During his trial, Kid Flash admits being guilty and the rest of his future resistance come and attack. During the fight Bart reunites with his sister and she convinces him to surrender. Bart is sentenced to life on the prison planet Takron-Galtos. Solstice then proclaims her love for him and kills a judge to be imprisoned with Bar. After a brief goodbye with Red Robin they are sent away to prison.

Bart returns to the 21st century and is next seen with the Elite alongside Klarion the Witch Boy, Trinity of the Indigo Tribe and the Guardian. He confronts his old teammates, angry because he feels Red Robin abandoned him and Solstice in the future and never came back for him, implying that he has spent centuries waiting. He ultimately rejoins the Teen Titans, but soon afterwards returns to the future, leaving behind a note saying that he intends to rescue Solstice from Takron-Galtos by himself.

Dark Tomorrow
Following the death of Max Mercury and Helen Claiborne, Bart went back to the future to be with his mother, while his girlfriend Carol Bucklen came along. Carol began studying the Speed Force to use it for the benefit of humanity. The corrupt President Thawne, Bart's grandfather, took their research and made the Hyperguard, a group of hyper-fast soldiers. The adult Carol managed to pull her younger self and Bart into the future. Bart ended up preventing Max's and Helen's death, thus preventing this reality from happening. This reality appeared in Impulse #73–75.

Titans Tomorrow
Bart was a crucial part of the Titans Tomorrow storyline. Here, Wally West was dead and Bart was the new Flash. The Teen Titans were now fanatic superheroes controlling the western United States. However, Bart was really a spy for Titans East, a rebel group led by Cyborg and Bumblebee. He seemed to have a romantic relationship with Rose Wilson.

The Titans Tomorrow group has recently returned, where it was revealed that due to Bart's recent death, the future timeline has been altered so these versions of him and Conner are actually clones of the originals, created by the alternate future version of Tim Drake. However, unlike his previous future self, the cloned Bart is completely on the side of his fascist teammates.

Time and Tempest
Another alternate future is showcased in The Ray (vol. 2) #25–26. Here Bart, Ray Terrill, and Triumph were "three rich guys with superpowers". Bart was in love with Ray's girlfriend, whom Ray treated like dirt. However, Bart realized that he did not have a chance with her either and ended up knocking Ray out and leaving him, not knowing that hitmen were on their way.

Animation

 * Bart Allen as Impulse appears in Kids' WB's original pitch for Justice League as a junior member of the eponymous team. While Impulse, among other characters, were ultimately cut to avoid making the series feel like Super Friends, the pitch became available as a bonus on the series' first-season DVD.
 * Bart Allen as Kid Flash appears in the Mad segment "That's What Super Friends Are For", voiced by Jason Marsden.
 * Bart Allen appears in Young Justice, voiced again by Jason Marsden. This version is from a Reach-controlled future in the year 2056. Introduced in the second season, Invasion, as Impulse, he and Neutron build a time machine so the former can travel back in time to save his grandfather, Barry Allen, prevent Neutron from becoming a supervillain, and avert the Reach-controlled future despite knowing it will be a one-way trip. Over the course of his mission, Bart joins the Team, becomes Jaime Reyes' best friend, is adopted by Jay and Joan Garrick, and reluctantly becomes the new Kid Flash after Wally West is killed while helping the Team and Justice League thwart a Reach invasion. In the third and fourth seasons, Outsiders and Phantoms, Bart joins the Outsiders, and is implied to be dating El Dorado.

Live-action

 * Bart Allen appears in Smallville, portrayed by Kyle Gallner. This version is a self-centered thief who initially uses his powers for personal gain and has assumed the aliases of "Jay Garrick", "Barry Allen", and "Wally West". After helping Clark Kent save his father Jonathan Kent, Bart considers reforming and leaves to travel the world and find others like himself and Clark. As of the episode "Justice", he has assumed the codename "Impulse" despite not choosing it himself and joins forces with Green Arrow, among other heroes, to thwart Lex Luthor and LuthorCorp's plans. From the eighth season onwards, Bart makes numerous minor appearances in the series as a member of the Justice League.
 * Bart Allen / Impulse appears in The Flash, portrayed by Jordan Fisher. This version is Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen's future son, younger brother of Nora West-Allen, and, according to showrunner Eric Wallace, is much older, funnier, charming than other incarnations, but with an edge.

Video games

 * Bart Allen as Kid Flash appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
 * The Young Justice incarnation of Bart Allen / Impulse appears as a non-playable character in Lego DC Super Villains.

Miscellaneous

 * Bart Allen as Impulse appears in Adventures in the DC Universe #13.
 * Bart Allen as Impulse appears in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century #15.
 * Bart Allen as Kid Flash appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic book as a member of the Teen Titans who was killed by the Joker's nuclear bomb.
 * The Smallville incarnation of Bart Allen / Impulse appears in Smallville Season 11. In the "Haunted" arc, Bart and Clark Kent seek out Jay Garrick for help in defeating the Black Flash before Bart sacrifices himself to send the Black Flash into the Speed Force. Additionally, a young Bart appears in the "Legion" arc.

Collected editions
Stories featuring Bart Allen from The Flash, Impulse and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive have been collected into trade paperback:

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i am not a fan of the layout of this page, could i propose to make a new page which is solely for cardiff city players as the long list isnt really adding anything at all to the page DaveLewis 04:01, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Isn't it Cardiff City AFC?
[not much else to say here] Gurkha 11:37, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you might well think so, but the club website never seems to mention "AFC" (the URL is www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk). Perhaps it's just been quietly dropped. -- Arwel 17:32, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A lack of information?
Does anybody else think we should maybe have a little more information here? I do my best but I don't know an awful lot of history about the club as i'm only 20years old! Perhaps something about the ongoing dispute about what league we should play in (given the ongoing whinging from scottish clubs about them not being allowed to join the english system) Any suggestions? --Murfilicious 14:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, there should certainly be more information on the 2nd placed finish in the old (old) first division, as I believe it was one of the closest title finishes ever.

Dylsen ni hefyd son am y cystadlaethau rydym eisiau chwarae mewn y dyfodol fel y Premiership a'r Champions League.

Number 7
The following edit removed a fair amount of content without comment. Do we know why? -Harmil 16:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

European football
Is it true that Cardiff would not be able to play in Europe should they make it, as they waived the right when they joined the English League. can't see it in the article but if it's true it should be mentioned. Jimmmmmmmmm 09:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

The possiblr EURO ban has been overturned. Can someone update this? Link http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23596414-23215,00.html Mightymouseman (talk) 05:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I have already added a short sentence about it at the bottom of the section. If I get the time I will try and expand on it but at the moment it should be enough. Kosack (talk) 08:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Stadium
I had to alter this section, as it read as if some Swansea supporter had vandalised it!

Sheepshaggers and Sheepmunchers
Are these self-given names or inappropriate nicknames from rivals, and if the latter, do they really have a place in Wikipedia?

-- They are offensive (not just inappropriate, but offensive) words from the English. It's a sort of Welsh-English rivalrly thing, but it's definitely offensive and not "self-given names" --82.15.29.29 (talk) 22:54, 2 September 2009 (UTC)TDP

My revert
Sorry if my revert was not quick enough, but I was trying to undo this 20:13, 18 January 2007 82.7.198.205. I seem to have written over changes by both User:143.117.143.182 and User:Chris the speller. Will try and put them back in. Thanks. --EarthPerson 20:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there any way of getting the information back that was posted under the heading Rivalries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.117.143.182 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 18 January 2007

That's it back on. Many Thanks. Shared IP address so having some problems with 'vandalism' apparently —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.117.143.182 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 18 January 2007

Rivalry
I recently posted some information about rivalry between Cardiff City and Swansea City supporters. Could someone please read over it and make sure this is suitable for Wikipedia. The part about Lee Trundle brandishing a flag with anti-cardiff city remarks on it could possibly be offensive ("FUCK OFF CARDIFF") so perhaps an administrater could check what ive wrote just to make sure. Thanks143.117.143.182 20:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)jOl18/01/07

What's happened with the formatting?
As above, it appears something might be wrong with the info box...? Pennywisepeter 13:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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Page Move
I have undone the page move to Cardiff City A.F.C. since the official site here clearly gives the name as Cardiff City Football Club (see footer). BlueValour (talk) 21:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Charlotte Church?
Is there any evidence she's a fan? I've lived in Cardiff all my life, never seen her at a game - never heard or read one public utterance about City.

Should that be removed until substantiated - and indeed, should the other celeb fans be checked out too?

Minkythecat (talk) 13:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Apparentley she appeared in some Walkers crisp advert saying she supported Cardiff or something (never seen it myself). Thats all I know.

i've seen her state that she's not aprticularly interested in football —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.125.83.50 (talk) 16:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

 * As for the others I can say that Neil Kinnock, Super Furry Animals, Gareth Thomas, Matthew Pritchard, Dannie Abse, Gavin Willliams, Aaron Davies, Stanley Baker, David Sullivan, Ken Follett, Roald Dahl and David Davies are definate city fans and I can provide refs on all of them. The rest were added by other people or before I registered so I cant say. Kosack (talk) 15:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Yeah, the others are fine - Church I don't believe. The Walkers advert was scripted, any other team could have been subbed in. Minkythecat (talk) 07:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Toyahfan (talk) famous fans a few biggies are Missing Including the following - who are proper 'attending supporters' - Shakin Stevens (music legend) Lisa Rodgers (TV presenter-Scum/scrap heap challenge) Sarah Price (Comedy writer/TV actor-Including Gavin & Stacey) Dave Vaughan (Big Brother runner-up/World renown preacher.) Pritchard (Dirty Sanchez)and Mr Bluebirds Flying High James fox (singer songwriter/West End star-Movin Out)  —Preceding undated comment added 19:03, 12 April 2012 (UTC).

European section
Tidied it up to remove typos. The examples given, used to support Cardiff's case - is it possible to further expand and clarify the situation? As far as I can tell, Monaco, for example, can play as French representative as which there is a Monaco FA, there isn't a domestic league - same situation for Lichtenstein. Cardiff's situation is completely different as we do have a league. Any other thoughts? Minkythecat (talk) 07:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Well although Monaco and Lichtenstein dont have their own leagues I dont see how their situation is any different from ours in that a team from another country is trying to qualify for Europe, not to mention the fact that the League of Wales only came into existence in 1992. There are other clubs as well such as Wellington Phoenix, Toronto FC and even Berwick Rangers who have their own domesitc league but I only added the section quickly as, judging by a few edits in recent months, this seems to be a hot topic at the moment. Kosack (talk) 11:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, it's definitely a hot topic. The reason I cited Monaco and Lichtenstein was simply because they aren't the same as our precise situation.  As far as I'm aware, the issue with City re Europe came to a head around 1992, which implies the problem is because there's now an established Welsh league.  It would need a bit more research to establish if that's the full case with regards to us, Swansea et al.  Either way, the section would appear to be in flux until the full decision is made by Eufa due to the fact there's no absolute definition that can be referred to in the section.  It seems the entire issue in real life is clouded in fog to the extent that the section can't necessarily cite accurately.  I'm new to wiki, is there some kind of tag that can be placed upon the section to reflect that? Minkythecat (talk) 11:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree its all a bit up in the air right now. As for a tag I'm not sure as I never really tag articles myself so I have no idea if there is a tag for this type of section. Kosack (talk) 12:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

 * AS Monaco members of FFF, TNS members of FAW, Derry City members of FAI. Cardiff City members of FAW, not of FA. What else? Oh, FC Vaduz. The UEFA spokesman 1 is wrong - I already talked to FC Vaduz and Liechtenstein FA officials and they've told me Liechtenstein teams cannot qualify through the Swiss League - their only road to European football is through the Liechtenstein cup.--Edgar (talk) 11:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

 * It's come to an end now anyway so it doesnt matter. The FA have finally accepted that they effectivley have no say in the matter as we would have played in Europe regardless of their decision. I will probably remove most of that european ban section now, perhaps keep a paragraph or two just to have some minor info on the subject but its not really needed anymore. Kosack (talk) 11:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Club crest for next year
Next season the club will be reverting to the previous badge that was used before Sam Hammam changed it to what it is at the moment. Just thought it would be a good idea for us to try and find a free image of the badge in preparation for the next season. If we place it in the article until it is in use then swap the pictures around when the time comes. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 11:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Possible New Sections
I would like to suggest that a sub-section in the article contains a fuller detail of Cardiff City's European games. There is very little mention in the article of matches such as the Semi-Final of the Cup Winners Cup, and the tie against Real Madrid. It also is a nice link as currently there appears to be just nothing in the article that happened between 1930 & 1985.

I believe there should also be a sub-section on this year's cup run. This season will go down as one of the most important in the history of the club.

One final point regarding Notable Fans, I believe Craig Bellamy should be included. There are many news references to him over various points in time that he infrequently trains with the CCFC First Team Squad ( when returning from injury or an international coming up), and whenever he is unable to play he is usually spotted going into the ground at Cardiff City home games. 86.133.28.192 (talk) 14:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree the main article does need to be filled in more. I do plan to do it in the future but it took me much longer than anticipated to complete the List of Cardiff City F.C. players as well as the effort to create articles on seasons, records, current season etc and expand all the players articles that I am easing off editing for a while and just watching articles for vandalism and sloppy edits while I take a break. Hopefully once the majority of transfers have been done in the summer I will get around to it. Kosack (talk) 16:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The Honours Section
I think that this section needs sorting out. I recently corrected some of it, but I think the entire layout is just too bad. It needs to be more smart; sorted out more. BY MAZITO; Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 23:04* BST. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazito (talk • contribs) 22:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Third Strip
The club seem to have a third strip as seen on the 2008 FA Cup Final - can someone add this to the page? Exxolon (talk) 14:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * If you mean the template with the yellow on the shoulders and sides then that is just the away kit. I dont really know how to change the templates so all I have managed to do with them is change the colour so thats why they look different from the cup final page to this page. Kosack (talk) 14:42, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think I've fixed it, want to check the strip is right? Exxolon (talk) 15:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

 * It looks good. The shirt and shorts are correct. The only thing I can see is the socks need a yellow band across the top, if thats possible?. There are some pics here of the whole kit.

Debt
The section mentioning the debt is unclear. First it states that the club was £40 million in debt, most of which has been cleared. A few lines later it mentions that the club is £30 million in debt (which is denied). Can this be cleared up? Greenman (talk) 09:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Expanded on the clubs court case so hopefully that explains things a bit better. Kosack (talk) 09:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Notable players section
Should the criteria for being listed in the section be for achievements at the club or achievments during their career? Kosack (talk) 23:18, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * At the club. Ramsey, for example, played how many games for us? 22? Good player sure, but long term, would be a footnote... Minkythecat (talk) 10:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Joining the Football League
Can anyone explain why in 1920, Cardiff City were able to join the Football League Division Two, whereas the rest of the Southern Football League, including three clubs placed higher in the 1919-20 league table, joined the new Football League Division Three? -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Cardiff City Managers
The manager listing is wrong, because it has been drawn from Soccerbase, whose database has a problem - for example, Phil Neal is listed here as only being manager for two days (and had no games played under his stewardship), when he was in charge for quite a bit longer! Is there a way of amending this while retaining the Played, Won, Drew, Lost stats? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.183.151.38 (talk) 03:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

1985-2000: A Barren Era
I was just reading this section through and found a number of grammatical errors. I do not personally feel qualified to make changes but just thought I would let someone know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.244.84.107 (talk) 00:48, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Aaron Wildig
Aaron Wildig was born in England and is apparently not an International for any country. He has a Welsh emblem next to his name on the Cardiff squad. What is the reason for this? If none is forethcoming then I will change his emblem to English. RicoRichmond (talk) 23:41, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

 * He has chosen to play for Wales and has already featured for the Wales under-16 side. Kosack (talk) 00:10, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Wrong. He's ineligible for Wales. Hasn't Welsh blood up to grandparent level, so isn't able to play for Wales. U16 level would be schoolboy level, where the eligibility criteria is different. Minkythecat (talk) 09:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Yeah I know, all the relevant info has already been changed, check his article. Kosack (talk) 11:09, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Heh, was a bit dated the comment, was just catching up. Minkythecat (talk) 13:24, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Notable players section
Does anyone have any objections to the removal of at least the 100 appearances and other sections? Both sections contain just a handful of players who have achieved either 100 appearances or gained an international cap at the club and the information is already covered in the List of Cardiff City F.C. players and List of Cardiff City F.C. internationals. Not to mention that the presence of the sections leads to large numbers of IP users adding players who they think are notable. Kosack (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No objections from me. The list really needs to be players known for either longevity with Cardiff, ie Phil Dwyer or achievements whilst at City they were notable for.  An example of someone who should not be there would be say Aaron Ramsey - didn't have any notable achievements with City, played what, 22 times?  Great young player, bags of ptential, but I'd say not somebody necessarily notable for contributions to CCFC.  Equally, what standard guidelines does the wikisoccer project urge? Minkythecat (talk) 21:24, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The general consensus, from discussions like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 29, seems to favour keeping notable player lists to pages such as List of XXXXX F.C. players but there are no solid guidelines really on these kind of sections. My main problem with them is that barely 20% of players who have appeared more than 100 times or gained an international cap at the club are listed and listing them all would be ridiculous as, just after a quick count, there are over 180 players who have achieved either of those requirements. Kosack (talk) 21:48, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

New article on the history of the club
Please note that History of Cardiff City F.C. has just been created. People might want to participate in its construction. Pichpich (talk) 21:48, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Article needs to be locked
To stop it being vandalized constantly. I have managed to revert it to the last correct version but I am almost certain it will be edited again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.231.212 (talk) 13:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Squad table format
A discussion is being held here on the possibility of rolling out a new squad template. The new template, named football squad player2, differs from the standard squad layout in several ways:
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 * It gives nationality its own column; at present flags are featured in a blank, untitled column
 * It complies with Wikipedia's guidance on flag usage.
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Away kit
Hello, I just made a small change to the away colours section where it stated that Cardiff wore the St David flag strip during the 99-00 season. I believe it was actually the 2003-04 season, as Cardiff were still sponsored by Modplan back in 99 and I think the away shirt was yellow.

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New badge
Cardiff City have changed their logo, so the one in the infobox needs updating (to this)--SUFC Boy 10:58, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorted Martin "Le" Roy (talk) 12:57, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The official website still carries the old logo; any thoughts please? TerriersFan (talk) 18:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Honours, really?
How exactly is losing in a semi-final of the play-offs an honour? Even getting to the play-off final and losing is debatable, but the semis is just a joke! Salty1984 (talk) 16:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Shirt sponsors
It says that BBC Cymru are shirt sponsors. Is this so? The writing must be small 'cause I can't damn well see it anywhere on any of the shirts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.2.72 (talk) 00:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

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Ibrahim Meite
http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/ibrahim-meite/27 There is missing information on the team's site will keep looking Daniel0wellby (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * What information are you looking for? Kosack (talk) 15:08, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Almost everything about him Daniel0wellby (talk) 15:13, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Right now there is no more relevant information to be added on this page for him. He is listed in the squad, however he does not have his own page as he would currently fail the notability guidelines at both WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG until he actually plays for the club. GiantSnowman has a potential article saved within his draftspace HERE should Meite qualify for his own page in the future. If you find any further info, perhaps you can collaborate with the article there. Kosack (talk) 15:18, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi Protection Edit Permissions suggestion
Because It's now Considered as a "Good Article" Why not add the Semi-Protection Edit Permissions
 * The article receives the typical amount of vandalism that can be expected on a football club page but nothing excessive. Wikipedia is open-format and designed to be edited by anyone so protecting the page for no reason is unnecessary and against the basic principles of the site. Kosack (talk) 14:39, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Emiliano Sala
Considering the nature of the news, and devastating revelation that police have called of the search, I understand people are very keen to get edits in regarding him. However, out of respect for the club, the fans, the player and his family, I don't think we should make any quick decisions regarding removing him as a player, or making rash edits on his Wikipedia article, until the necessary parties have released official statements. I'm not going to request protecting the article but maybe putting a header explaining that this article is affected by a recent event may be the right move? VampireKilla (talk) 16:37, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree with you, the end of any search doesn't really change anything right now as he's still classed as missing either way until any sort of official statement is made. Although I should imagine stopping users from removing him will be difficult without protection. Kosack (talk) 16:45, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In that case I'll just keep vigilant with the article. VampireKilla (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Football uniforms
Third colours not use on the website. Can it be removed from the template? 95.24.222.212 (talk) 11:24, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why it's not on that page, but it is still very much available from the shop, see here where it is listed as the 20/21 third strip. Kosack (talk) 12:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

New stadium - contradiction?
Hi all just a query about these lines in the history section: "The club experienced increasing financial difficulties over the next few years and plans for a new stadium failed to gain approval from Cardiff Council because of concerns over financial security in 2006. Hammam then agreed to a takeover by a consortium led by new chairman Peter Ridsdale and the lead developer of the new stadium, Paul Guy." The first sentence says the plans were rejected, but then the next talks about the new stadium having a lead developer; and as we know, the stadium was eventually built. Perhaps there's something missing here? I'm curious how this topic should be dealt with, as the outline history of the statium probably belongs in the history section, but there's also a dedicated section for stadia, and I'm looking to write similar prose in the Coventry City F.C. article... Pinging in case you have any thoughts, although note that you've not been around too much lately... Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 13:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

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Mỹ Đình National Stadium

The Mỹ Đình National Stadium (Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình) is a multi-purpose stadium in Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. It has a capacity of 40,200 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex. It was officially opened in September 2003 and was the main venue for the Southeast Asian Games later that year, hosting the opening and closing ceremony as well as the men's football and athletics events.

The stadium is home to the Vietnam national football team, and hosts its home international matches. It was also the home venue of the football club Thể Công (now Viettel FC).

Located 10 kilometres north-west of central Hanoi, the 40,192-seat stadium is the second biggest in the country in terms of capacity and was built at a cost of US$53 million. Arched roofs cover the grandstands on the east and west sides of the arena, providing shelter for half of the seats. The area provides training facilities for the teams with two football training grounds located next to the stadium.

Since 2021, the stadium has attracted complaints mainly about the quality of the pitch, starting with its hosting of the Vietnam–Australia match in the third AFC qualification round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It has since come under further scrutiny after hosting Borussia Dortmund in an international friendly, of which the goalpost was broken mid-game, and Southeast Asian teams in the 2022 AFF Championship.

History
Ideas for a new national stadium in Vietnam were marked up in 1998 as the government conducted a prefeasibility study for a national sports complex. In July 2000, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải approved a project of a stadium at the heart of Vietnam's National Sports Complex in preparation for hosting the 2003 Southeast Asian Games. Four firms, namely Hanoi International Group (HISG - China), Philipp Holzmann (Germany), Bouygues (France), and Lemna-Keystone (United States), participated in the bidding of the stadium's construction. The process was controversial due to violations of technical and financial requirements in HISG and Holzmann's bids, corruption allegations involving a French donation, and the intransparency in the panel's decision making. In the end, HISG won the bid and signed a commitment contract on August 14, 2001.

Construction on the stadium started in 2002. During the development phase, the stadium was referred to as Sân vận động Trung tâm ("central stadium"). The stadium was architecturally complete in June 2003. In August 2003, the stadium was officially named Mỹ Đình National Stadium, taking after the name of the commune area the stadium is located within. It was inaugurated on September 2, 2003, to coincide with Vietnam's National Day.

Stands
Mỹ Đình has 4 stands. The A & B stands (or east and west stands, respectively) are covered each by an arched roof weighing 2,300 tonnes. These two stands have two tiers and are 25.8 m tall while the C & D stands (or south and north stands) are single-tiered and 8.4 m tall. In total, the stadium has a capacity of 40,192 seats, including 450 VIP seats and 160 seats for journalists.

Field
The playing grass field has a size of 105m x 67m, surrounded by an 8-lane athletics track and other athletics facilities.

Sporting events
The stadium officially opened on September 2, 2003, with the opening friendly match between the Vietnam U23 and Shanghai Shenhua from Chinese Super League.

It hosted the 2003 Southeast Asian Games (opening ceremony, football and athletics, closing ceremony), and 2003 ASEAN Para Games.

The Hanoi football club was scheduled to play at the stadium, but later backed out of their agreement, citing the embarrassment of using an 40,000+ seat venue for games that routinely draw only slightly more than 5,000.

In July 2007, Mỹ Đình Stadium hosted the Group B of 2007 AFC Asian Cup along with Quân khu 7 Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City), quarter-final match (Japan vs Australia) and semi-final match (Japan vs Saudi Arabia).

Mỹ Đình Stadium held the opening ceremony of the 2009 Asian Indoor Games from October 30, 2009, to November 8.

In December 2010, it held Group B of 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup from December 2 to December 8.

The stadium hosted sections of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, in particular the opening ceremony, and football and athletics events.

In addition, this stadium held many domestic and international football competitions:

The three runners-up from the third round groups played each other at a neutral venue on 25, 27 and 29 March 2012. Vietnam was later chosen by the AFC Competitions Committee as the neutral venue, with games played at Hanoi's Mỹ Đình Stadium.
 * 2008 AFC Champions League (Nam Định selected this stadium as its own Thiên Trường Stadium did not meet AFC's criteria )
 * 2008 The stadium held an international friendly match between Vietnam and Olympic Brazil
 * 2010 VFF Cup
 * 2011 V-League (25th round match between Hà Nội ACB and Sông Lam Nghệ An )
 * 2011 VFF Cup
 * 2012 Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Playoff Round
 * On 17 July 2013, the stadium held an international friendly match between Vietnam and Arsenal.
 * On 27 July 2015, the stadium held an international friendly match between Vietnam and Manchester City.
 * On September 7, 2021, the stadium hosted the first match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round between Vietnam and Australia. This is also the first time VAR and Goal-line have been applied in Vietnam (made by Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd).
 * On 30 November 2022, the stadium held an international friendly match between Vietnam and Borussia Dortmund, which saw a shock host win of 2-1 after a controversial second goal in the last minutes of the match.
 * 2023–24 AFC Champions League (Hanoi FC selected this stadium as its own Hàng Đẫy Stadium did not meet AFC's criteria).

Entertainment events
Mỹ Đình National Stadium has hosted various entertainment events. On March 27, 2010, an MTV EXIT concert was held here with the appearance of Korean boy band Super Junior, Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke, along with other local Vietnamese singers. On October 1, 2011, the Irish boyband Westlife performed at the stadium as a part of their Gravity Tour; about 11,000 people attended the concert. The stadium was also the starting location of the 2012 season of The Amazing Race Vietnam. On May 26, 2013, MTV EXIT held a concert featuring the Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan.

The stadium has also been the venue for various K-pop concerts. It was the venue for a special concert of MBC's Music Core on December 8, 2012, KBS's Music Bank World Tour on March 28, 2015, Asia Artist Awards on November 26, 2019, and two Born Pink concerts by girl group Blackpink on July 29 and 30, 2023.

Tournament results
The stadium has hosted several international FIFA and AFC matches. Here is a list of the most important international matches held at the stadium.

2010 fireworks explosion
At approximately 11:40 local time on October 6, 2010, an explosion occurred at the stadium. The cause was confirmed to be the ignition of two firework containers due to negligence in the installation of their detonation position; this was a rehearsal for a programme commemorating the millennial anniversary of the establishment of Thăng Long (present-day Hanoi), which was scheduled to be held on October 10. The explosion killed four people and injured three.

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Since the second half of 2021, criticism had been raised regarding the quality of the pitch and facilities at the stadium. In September 2021, the Vietnamese national team hosted Australia in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers; Australian media and fans at the time compared the Mỹ Đình pitch to a "cow pasture". According to the Lao Động newspaper, the stadium's turf had not been renovated for nearly a decade. In addition, some areas of the stadium had fallen into disrepair due to lack of maintenance. At the request of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the stadium was renovated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ahead of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the 2021 Southeast Asian Games. Ahead of the 2021 SEA Games, the Vietnamese government granted more than 400 million VND to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to repair the stadium alongside the wider National Sports Complex. However, the replacement of the turf was not carried out. Up until the third-place match and the final of the men's football event at the 2021 SEA Games, the turf had been damaged due to the installation of the stage for the opening ceremony.

Vietnam–Borussia Dortmund friendly match incident
On November 30, 2022, in a friendly match between Vietnam and Borussia Dortmund, in the 86th minute of the match, the crossbar of the Dortmund goal was knocked out, causing the match to be interrupted for 5 minutes. In addition, during the half-time break, the technical area of the two teams and the referee's area were blown over many times by the wind.

2022 AFF Cup
Criticism of the stadium's condition continued throughout 2022 and 2023. Ahead of the 2022 AFF Cup, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) signed a contract with the National Sports Complex to rent Mỹ Đình as the home stadium of the Vietnamese national team. The rental fee for each match of the Vietnamese national team is 800 million VND, the highest in the venue's history. However, the stadium's turf was described as old, faded, and poor, while not all of its seats had been replaced since their initial installation in 2003. According to the Hanoi Tax Department, the National Sports Complex owed 855 billion VND in taxes as of 2023.

According to the Director General of the General Department of Physical Education and Sports, Đặng Hà Việt, maintenance and care work had been carried out regularly in the past month, but the city's weather conditions had made the stadium's pitch not as green as expected. Moreover, the AFC had assessed that the Mỹ Đình pitch is still in good condition for competition. However, the claim that the pitch's deterioration was due to weather conditions was considered baseless, as the pitch was described to be of good quality when the Vietnamese national team hosted China in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in early 2023.

On January 4, 2023, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính commented on the condition of the stadium, questioning the claim that it was not being exploited. In an effort to address the deteriorating condition ahead of the Vietnam–Indonesia match on January 9, the Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Văn Hùng on January 6 requested the Rector of Bắc Ninh University of Physical Education to organize a volunteer activity in which its students would clean up the stadium.

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Andrés Rivero Agüero

Andrés Rivero Agüero (4 February 1905 – 8 November 1996) was a Cuban politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Cuba and was elected president of Cuba in the 1958 Cuban presidential election.

Early life
Rivero was born to extremely poor parents in San Luis, Oriente Province (now Santiago de Cuba Province) on 4 February 1905. He taught himself to read when he was 16. Rivero managed to secure a high school education by his own efforts, and obtained a law degree from Havana University (1934).

Political career
Elected a city councilman in Santiago de Cuba, he quickly became a leader of the Liberal Party, and was befriended by Fulgencio Batista. During Batista's first administration (1940–1944), Rivero served as Minister of Agriculture, and implemented Batista's plan for resettling landless peasants in Oriente Province.

During General Batista's exile in the United States from 1944–1952, Rivero practised law in Cuba and wrote political commentary for several periodicals. When Batista returned to run for President of Cuba in 1952, Rivero helped to organise Batista's United Action Party. He supported Batista's military coup on 10 March 1952, and thereafter served as Minister of Education in Batista's second administration (1952–1958). Elected a Senator from Pinar del Río Province in 1954, Rivero became Cuba's prime minister (1957–1958), and participated in several reconciliation conferences as Batista's representative.

Rivero resigned his premiership in 1958 to run for President of Cuba. He received the support of Batista's Progressive Action Party, and three other pro-government parties. Rivero was declared the winner of the elections, which were speculated by many to have been rigged with the support of the United States government in an effort to repel the ongoing Cuban Revolution. After the election, Rivero entered into conversations with U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith, and with leading Cuban politicians, to resolve the crisis caused by the ongoing rebellion led by Fidel Castro. He apparently wished to convene a Constituent Assembly shortly after taking office, to bring about a restoration of constitutional rule. However, the success of the revolution frustrated Rivero's plans, and he fled with General Batista into exile in the Dominican Republic on 1 January 1959.

Later life
Rivero eventually settled in the United States, living in extremely modest circumstances. He lived to be a great-grandfather. Rivero died in Miami, Florida in 1996.

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Talk:Standing committee

(copied from the article): it would really help alot if someone would put the number of standing committees

Standing commitee numbers
there are 17 permanent standing commitees in the senate and 19 in the house of represenatives. each deals with a certain area such as banking or education. what?

Canadian Parliament standing committees
Could someone please verify that this list of House of Commons and Senate standing committees is correct. There is one that is refered to as House Standing Committe on Bill 38, which does not seem like a standing committee name as a bill's existance would only be temporary. NorthernThunder 02:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The parliament page linked to doesn't list International Trade, but if you click on 39th Parliament, it lists it. I'm not sure why this is. I've been to that committee as an intern, so I know it exists, although I should verify if it *still* exists. --Curlingstub.png Earl Andrew - talk 10:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you sure that committee is a standing committee? NorthernThunder 14:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Uh uh, just click on 39th Parliament, 1st Session on the left, and then click on list of committees. It's there. --Curlingstub.png Earl Andrew - talk 17:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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Barnabas Collins

Barnabas Collins is a fictional character, a featured role in the ABC daytime serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971. Barnabas is a 175-year-old vampire in search of fresh blood and his lost love, Josette. The character, originally played by Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, was introduced in an attempt to resurrect the show's flagging ratings, and was originally to have only a brief 13-week run. He was retained due to his popularity and the program's quick spike in ratings, and virtually became the star of the show.

A defining feature of Barnabas' character development is his gradual but persistent transformation from a sinister, frightening creature of the night into the show's protagonist, who selflessly, heroically and repeatedly risks his "life" to save the Collins family from catastrophe.

In the 1991 NBC revival version of Dark Shadows, British actor Ben Cross played the role of Barnabas Collins. Alec Newman played the part in the unreleased 2004 pilot film. In the recent series of audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions, he is portrayed by Andrew Collins, while Frid returned to portray the role a final time in the audio drama The Night Whispers. The role is played by Johnny Depp in director Tim Burton's 2012 film, Dark Shadows.

Barnabas Collins was the main character in most of the 32 "Dark Shadows" paperback novels written by Marilyn Ross (Canadian author W.E.D. Ross) from the late 1960s to the early '70s. (Ross wrote hundreds of novels in several genres and under various pseudonyms.)

TV Guide named Barnabas Collins #8 in its 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.

Origin
Barnabas Collins was born in 1770, as the son of Joshua Collins (Louis Edmonds) and Naomi Collins (Joan Bennett), in Collinsport, Maine. Barnabas developed close ties with his uncle Jeremiah Collins. During the flashback, Barnabas intended to marry an heiress from Martinique named Josette du Pres (Kathryn Leigh Scott), but had a brief affair with Angelique Bouchard (Lara Parker), Josette's maidservant.

On Angelique's arrival in Collinsport for the wedding in 1795, Barnabas was determined not to resume his affair. The spurned Angelique Bouchard, a practitioner of witchcraft, used a number of spells to manipulate Barnabas and his family and force his agreement to marry her. Barnabas discovered Angelique's duplicity, and shot her. With what she believed to be her dying words, she took revenge on Barnabas by summoning a vampire bat from hell to attack him. Barnabas fell extremely ill and died. Angelique survived and attempted to rescind the curse, but was unsuccessful.

Barnabas shortly thereafter rose as a vampire, and soon strangled Angelique. Collins later frightened his aunt Abigail (Clarice Blackburn) to death, and left the hatefully fanatic witch-hunter Reverend Trask (Jerry Lacy) entombed alive in the Old House basement. Sarah Collins died of pneumonia after a cold night spent hiding in the woods from her deceased brother. Adding to Barnabas' grief, his mother Naomi committed suicide after discovering his secret. Barnabas Collins blamed Angelique for the deaths of both his sister and his mother, and also blamed Lt. Nathan Forbes (Joel Crothers), who had told Naomi about him. Barnabas strangled Forbes, and attempted to transform Josette into a vampire. Josette was willing, if not fully cognizant of what this would entail, until Angelique revealed a vision of what she would become. Fleeing from Barnabas, Josette leapt off the cliffs of Widow's Hill to her death.

Unable to bear what he had become, Barnabas Collins asked his father, Joshua, to destroy him. Joshua Collins was unable to slay his son, and ordered servant Ben Stokes (Thayer David) to nail a cross to the inside lid of Barnabas' coffin and to wrap chains on its outside, forever imprisoning the vampire in a secret room of the family mausoleum at Eagle's Hill Cemetery.

The return of Barnabas Collins
In 1967, while searching the Collins family crypt for their rumored lost jewels, Willie Loomis (John Karlen) stumbled upon the chained coffin in which Barnabas slept. Believing the coffin to contain the Collins family riches, Willie inadvertently released the vampire. Barnabas attacked Willie and turned him into his unwilling servant.

Barnabas Collins introduced himself to the modern Collins family as a cousin from England, a hard-working businessman never seen during the day. The family accepted this story, despite having never before heard of him, because of his resemblance to the portrait of the ancestral Barnabas which hung in Collinwood. The thirsty Barnabas made victims of several Collinsport residents. He was particularly taken with waitress Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott), who resembled his long-lost love, Josette. Barnabas was told by David Collins (David Henesy) that Josette's spirit still haunted the Collinwood estate, where it periodically helped and protected others, including young David. Barnabas Collins kidnapped Maggie, hypnotized her to believe that she was Josette, and planned to make her his vampire bride. Maggie escaped with help from the ghost of Sarah Collins, but the emotional distress of being kidnapped caused Maggie to regress to a childlike mentality and to forget all that had happened. Barnabas Collins then targeted David's governess, Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) as a potential consort. He tried to seduce her away from her fiancé Burke Devlin (Anthony George), and then to bite her. The ghost of Sarah appeared repeatedly throughout and warned Barnabas, who was tormented by a feeling of responsibility for her death, away from evil deeds.

Maggie was sent to Wyndcliff Sanitarium, where Dr. Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall) tried to get her to remember what happened and to identify her kidnapper. Dr. Hoffman found that the answer lay somewhere at Collinwood, and discovered who and what Barnabas was. Julia fell in love with Barnabas and attempted to cure him, and hypnotized Maggie to forget everything Barnabas had tried to do to her. Barnabas Collins initially distrusted Julia, and when her medical cure failed, viewed her as a risk who would be able to expose his true nature. He attempted to kill Julia, or to drive her mad so that no one would believe her accusations. Ultimately, Barnabas came to see Julia as a useful ally. The romantic relationship Julia desired never happened on-screen, but she became Barnabas' chief confidante and helped him many times, while Barnabas Collins became genuinely devoted to Julia and would go to extraordinary lengths to protect or rescue her when she ran afoul of enemies such as Angelique (eventually a firm friend), ghosts, and the ancient Leviathans.

Barnabas's women
Barnabas Collins's great love was his fiancée from 1795, Josette du Pres, but throughout the show he had interest in many different women, including Maggie Evans, Victoria Winters and Roxanne Drew. He wanted these women to share his vampire existence, and wanted Maggie and Victoria to assume the identity of Josette. His closest ally and friend was Dr. Julia Hoffman, who was quietly in love with him and supported his attempts to find happiness. While aware that Julia did have strong feelings for him, Barnabas' complex feelings for Julia evolved from initial fear and distrust to deep affection, devotion and protection. At one point, Barnabas Collins admitted to Willie Loomis that he cared for Julia more than he appeared to.

Other appearances
The 1970 MGM film House of Dark Shadows centers on the release of Barnabas Collins from his coffin by Willie Loomis. Unlike Frid's television portrayal of Barnabas, the Barnabas featured in the film was truer to a typical evil vampire, who by the end of the film had killed half of the Collins family. Barnabas himself is killed by Jeff Clark, now depicted as Maggie's boyfriend, and a dying Willie Loomis, when Barnabas tries to make Maggie Evans his vampire bride. Barnabas does not appear in the sequel, Night of Dark Shadows, which focuses on another relation, Quentin Collins.

In the 2012 film Dark Shadows, Barnabas is played by Johnny Depp as a somewhat-modernized version of the character from the original series. He has a deep obsession with Josette, has no forgiveness for those who betray him, and believes that his curse can be reversed. He shows deep emotions for his modern family members, whose lives he longs to be part of. He displays his television counterpart's powers and abilities, while subject to his cold vampire instincts. Barnabas tries to win the love of David's governess Maggie Evans, now called Victoria Winters, who reminds him of his lost beloved Josette. Depp's version is up to date with popular culture and has a strong taste for rock music. He wears a hair and clothing style similar to his late 1960s counterpart, but dresses more colorfully. His character is portrayed as somewhat more sexually active and eccentric than before. This incarnation has a different relationship with Dr. Hoffman, who never becomes his ally.

Personality
Barnabas often blamed his moments of cruelty on his transformation into one of the undead or "nosferatu," but other characters revealed that Barnabas was not always the reluctant victim that he claimed. He carried on a sexual dalliance with the obsessed Angelique despite his claim of love for Josette, which set in motion many tragedies in his life. Jealousy and wounded male pride caused him to fatally wound his uncle in a duel, after Jeremiah's elopement with Josette. He attempted to back out of his agreement to marry Angelique after she cured his sister of illness. Given proof that his newlywed bride Angelique was a witch, he attempted to murder her. A drunken Ben Stokes admitted that Barnabas, prior to his change, "... weren't no good then, neither — but now, he's worse!" When the vampire tried to silence his own father by killing him, an astonished Joshua Collins exclaimed: "You would kill even me! You must have always had so much hatred in you. No one could be filled with it so quickly!" While many of his flip-flopping infatuations with nubile young women could be attributed to his vampire curse and his need to find a vampire bride, his romantic choices during his periods as a human were equally immature and baffling. In later interviews, Jonathan Frid admitted this was all part of the character's success, "... the lies he told to himself."

However harsh or impulsive he may have been, Barnabas is nevertheless not without a conscience, either as a human or as a vampire. He is shown to be capable of feeling guilt for wrongs committed, as well as love for other people. For example, he shows a softer side for Dr. Julia Hoffman as he becomes closer to her, and once mentioned that he cared for her more than he let on. He risked his "life" whenever she was in grave trouble, and only when the Leviathans gave the order to have Julia killed did Barnabas have the strength to break free of their control. When Angelique tried to endanger Julia's life, an enraged Barnabas warned her that if she ever tried to harm Julia again, he would personally see to her own destruction. His confrontation with Angelique over the deaths that his curse had caused revealed that he did care deeply for his mother, his sister and for Josette.

Powers
Barnabas' abilities mimic those of the classic vampire Dracula, and include immortality, superhuman strength, superhuman speed, hypnotism, shape-shifting and teleportation. However, Barnabas has also been known to use sorcery. In an early storyline, he attempted to drive Julia mad by conjuring the spirit of her dead colleague, Dave Woodard. In 1795, Barnabas briefly resurrected Josette DuPres, who in the 20th century would warn the Collins family of approaching danger while wandering the Collinwood halls, and he used visions to lure Rev. Trask into a fatal trap. These seemingly magical abilities were never explained, but made Barnabas a deadly protagonist.

Relationships

 * Josette du Pres; fiancee
 * Angelique Bouchard Collins; rival, later wife
 * Victoria Winters; romantic interest
 * Maggie Evans; romantic interest
 * Sarah Collins; younger sister
 * Roxanne Drew; romantic interest
 * Dr. Julia Hoffman; confidante
 * Quentin Collins; distant cousin
 * Willie Loomis; human slave and daytime protector

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