Why did Ralph jump in front of the dagger?

Ralph jumped in front of the dagger to stop it from being destroyed and scrambled himself in the process. Before passing out, he says three words: Cicada, Thawne, Dagger.
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What is Eobard Thawne's plan?

He vowed that for everyone Flash saved Eobard would kill more, everyone who Flash was loved by, Eobard would take. At some point, Eobard, in both his obsession with the flash and to be his exact opposite and to time travel undetected, created a Negative Speed Force.
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How did Thawne escape?

The only way Thawne can escape is if history is rewritten and the dagger is destroyed. Thus he sent Nora back to the past, convincing her to rewrite history so Cicada emerged decades earlier, and then orchestrated a plan to destroy the dagger.
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Does Thawne get executed?

After Thawne was placed inside a special chamber for his execution, Trevor removed the speedster's chest plate, which revealed Cicada's lightning dagger (which dempers Eobard's powers) behind it.
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Does Cicada take the cure?

Much like the events in the original multiverse, he eventually took the meta-human cure, and was later killed by the future version of Grace. Given that their desires were similar, Kristen Kramer was called "Cicada with a badge" by Frost.
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The Flash 5x21 Ralph finds out the dagger is Thawne's plan



Why did grace become Cicada?

Nora tried to make her pass her portal but it closed, trapping her. They visited her memories and Nora found out that Grace remembers his uncle swearing all metas will die, becoming Cicada. Then her brain defense mechanism created a version of her uncle that aimed to kill Nora.
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Why does Nora not like iris?

Nora grew irritated when her mother still insisted she stay away from Spencer and revealed they're estranged in the future because Iris secretly implanted a power-dampening chip in Nora when she was young to suppress her superspeed, which the former didn't discover until six months ago.
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Why does Thawne still look like Wells?

So in s1 Thawne was revealed to have disguised himself as Wells for his plan. S2 and S3 had him in his original appearance for the most part. But since S4 now he's wearing his Wells disguise and that is his primary look. Even after Crisis he was mended into the Wells.
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Why does Reverse-Flash have red eyes?

13 HE CAN TURN HIS EYES BRIGHT RED

It seems that Eobard is able to concentrate the effects of his red lightning into his eyes to give himself a terrifying and threatening look. While not the biggest power in his arsenal, this is something that the other Flashes don't do.
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How did Eobard Thawne get his speed?

Eobard Thawne found a time capsule in the 25th century containing a costume of the Flash (Barry Allen) and with a Tachyon device amplified the suit's speed energy, giving himself speedster abilities. Reversing the costume's colors, he adopted the moniker of "Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash" and went on a crime spree.
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Why did Barry let Reverse-Flash go?

So basically Barry is helpless in this scenario either he has to kill him what he can't do (and should not do that either) , or he has to lock in speed force but that would Again screw up the timelines, so he will have to let him go and let the things happen as they are destined to happen.
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What did Cicadas do Cisco?

In a battle with Cicada, Cisco was stabbed in the hands by the dagger, which rendered his powers all but useless as they posed a serious threat to his life (and often caused nosebleeds).
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Why does Reverse-Flash vibrate?

Eobard Thawne chooses to vibrate for exactly the reasons you just said: to look scary and ominous. Additionally, he also does it in order to mask his identity- which Barry himself also does when he talks to Iris in his alter-ego. The red eyes also are just for show, and are there only just to make him look scary.
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Who is the fastest speedster?

1) Flash (Wally West)

The third superhero known by the name of Flash, Wally West is undoubtedly the fastest man alive, not just in the DC comics multiverse but in the entire history of comic book fiction. A fan of the scarlet speedster, Wally West gained his superpowers in a lab accident similar to Barry Allen.
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How did Zoom get his powers?

Following the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion, Hunter was affected during electroshock therapy by the dark matter emitted, giving him superhuman speed and various other abilities derived from it. Following this, he escaped and began acting as the supervillain known as Zoom, stylized as the Speed Demon.
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How does Thawne have the dagger?

Here's what I understood from the episode. The prison was using Cicada's dagger to contain Thawne's powers. Thawne knew Cicada II would end up getting the dagger. Thawne knew that Team Flash (with Nora's ability to see Grace's mind) would be able to stop Cicada II and get rid of the dagger.
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Why was zooms Lightning blue?

Cobalt Blue, in comics, also leaves behind those conspicuous blue lightnings but it comes from the blue gem or some sort of talisman; the blue sparks of Zoom and Trajectory are a manifestations of the over-dose of those Velocity serums.
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Why do zooms eyes turn black?

The Darkness - Killing his Time Remnant didn't create any Dark Force, the reason his eyes turn black is from tapping into his powers, Barry's turn Yellow, Eobard's turn Red, and Zoom's turn Black.
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Why is Reverse-Flash called Zoom?

The answer isn't without its intricacies, but in simplest terms it's that Zoom, who made his first appearance in 2001, was meant to be something of a new take on the earlier Reverse-Flash, who first appeared in 1963 and was deceased in comic book continuity in 2001.
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How is Thawne alive in the future?

Thawne is a time remnant. If Eddie erases Thawne, he's never born to motivate Eddie to shoot himself in the first place. It's a temporal paradox. The Speed Force fixed this by keeping him alive up to the point of his death by Eddie so the timeline remains intact.
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How can Harrison Wells be Reverse-Flash?

In The Flash: Eobard Thawne is the reverse flash. It is revealed that he went back in time to kill Barry's mother and then was stuck in the past. He kills the actual Harrison Wells and take his form and waits for Barry to become the Flash. At the end of the season, he was erased from existence.
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Who is the speedster in Legends of tomorrow?

Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne / Reverse Flash (main season 2; guest season 7): A supervillain speedster from the future and the archenemy of the Flash. He is the leader of the Legion of Doom.
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Is Iris pregnant in The Flash?

Toward the end of The Flash Season 7, Barry and Iris decided to start a family. In episode 15, they believed that Iris was pregnant, but, unfortunately, it was a false alarm.
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Why does Barry disappear in 2024?

In the original timeline, the Crisis took place on the night of April 25, 2024, where the Flash fought his nemesis, the Reverse-Flash, with the help of his allies in an extreme street battle in Central City. The fight ended with the speedsters disappearing in an explosion of light.
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