Flash Thompson

"This place was a freaking mess after the Lizard smashed it up. But it would’ve been a lot worse if it wasn’t for Spider-Man."

―Flash Thompson^[src]

Flash Thompson
Gender	Male
Status	Alive

  Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a student, along with Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, at Midtown Science High School. He is the stereotypical jock and frequently bullies Peter, among other students at the school. Ironically, while Flash bullies Peter constantly during school, he adores the masked vigilante, Spider-Man.

Biography

Flash Thompson became a bully after entering into his high school, particularly bullying Peter Parker, because he thinks that things like bullying are funny. However, he occasionally would shift his interest to other people as well. On one occasion, he bullied a classmate of his and requested Peter Parker to take a picture of him forcing the student to eat a vile food product. Peter refused and ordered him to leave the kid alone, calling him by his real name Eugene, something Flash was not content with. Instead, Flash ended up punching him and kicking him in the stomach a few times, until Gwen Stacy intervened.

Flash bullied by Peter Parker

Later on, he witnessed his first public rejection as Peter Parker stood up for himself. After knocking a can of paint over Missy Kallenback's poster resulting in Peter going to assist Missy. Flash threw the ball again, only for Peter to catch it and Flash to ask for the ball back. Peter decided to use this opportunity to get his revenge, keeping the ball away from Flash. Giving up, Flash told him to come at him. Attempting to take the ball off of Peter, he failed as Peter knocked him out of the way and made a slam-dunk, breaking the backboard in the process. Following the death of Peter's uncle at the hands of a burglar, Flash started to genuinely feel sorry for what he had done to him and for his loss. His attempt to talk to him proved dangerous, as Peter interpreted it as a attempt to bully him. Instead, Flash admitted he knew it had been hard for Peter to cope with his loss and just wanted to tell Peter he was sorry.

After the emergence of Spider-Man, Flash started to wear shirts with his logo on it. During one short conversation with Peter, he admitted his positive thoughts towards the masked hero. After the Lizard was stopped, He was later in attendance at George Stacy's funeral.

Personality

Flash bullied Peter more than most of the kids at Midtown. However, After Peter's uncle was killed, Flash wanted to apologize to him for his uncle's death. Before he could, Peter mistook his actions as another act of bullying, causing Peter to violently shove Flash up against nearby lockers. Flash told him that he just wanted to say sorry, and Peter let him go. This was the one time Flash had been remotely nice to Peter, as all the other times he has been bullied. From that point on, he seemed to be a bit more friendly toward Peter, albeit still referring to him by his last name.

Trivia

• In most comics and cartoons, Flash has short, blond hair. However, in the new movie, he has a shaved head.
• Flash being friendlier to Peter towards the end of The Amazing Spider-Man alludes to the mainstream comics where Peter and Flash eventually become friends during their time at Empire State University.
• Flash was originally meant to appear in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but his scenes where cut from the final product.
• Chris Zylka has expressed interest in Flash becoming Venom in the proposed Venom spin-off.

External links

• Flash Thompson on the Marvel Wiki
• Flash Thompson on Wikipedia