Flash Thompson (Ultimate Marvel)

Frederick "Flash" Thompson is a minor, but recurring antagonist in the 2000's comic books series, Ultimate Spider-Man. Despite his in-keeping traits with his 616 counterpart such as being an athletic jock who bullies Peter Parker, this version of Flash is by far more sadistic, cruel, mean, taunting, and dim-witted than his mainstream counterpart. He lacks the redeeming qualities of the 616 counterpart, and takes far more pleasure in seeing Peter humiliated, and picks on him for no reason. Throughout the series, he is seen and mentioned giving Peter wedgies (only mentioned), kicking him in the anus, and overall just humiliating him.

After Peter gained his powers, Flash challenged him to a fight, resulting in his hand getting broken by Peter's super strength. When Parker joined the basketball team himself, Thompson's attitude gradually changed, as he was loyal to his teammates. Once, to prove that Peter Parker wasn't Spider-Man, he dared Kong to kick Peter. When Kong did so, Peter was able to fake tears. On about two occasions Flash came up to Peter and asked if they could talk privately. Peter coldly rejected him, thinking he would get bullied if he did so. Apparently Flash had a crush on Gwen Stacy and was trying to get Peter advice on how to ask her out. Peter learned this after Gwen's death when Flash made a sly remark about her and he later apologized sorrowfully. Silver Sable kidnapped Flash under the guidance of the Wild Pack, who believed he was Spider-Man because he came out of an alley Spider-Man had entered just moments before. When she discovered Flash was not Spider-Man, Sable tried to kill him, but Flash escaped and had his story on the news, even becoming the subject of this universe's Spider-Man movie and gaining much popularity in the school.

After Peter's death, he claims how blissfully unaware he was to his former bullying victim being Spider-Man.

Why He Sucks:

 * 1) Despite his traits with his mainstream counterpart, Flash is far more sadistic, mean-spirited, taunting and dim-witted who lacks any redeeming qualities to his mainstream counterpart who takes the pleasure to see his classmate Peter Parker (Spider-Man) humiliated and picked on for no reason.
 * 2) He uses Kenny "Kong" Mcfarlane and his teammates to bully Peter and aren't even punished for some point.
 * 3) He is much more of a jerk unlike his mainstream counterpart, to Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson.
 * 4) Despite being unlikeable, he gets a lot of panel time and showed no purpose to the greater narrative of the story. And he doesn't get even better in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, a relaunch of Ultimate Spider-Man.
 * 5) He uses pop-culture references such as Stephen King's novel Carrie to insult students.
 * 6) His actions are very unjustifiable throughout the series:
 * 7) * He throws food towards Peter and Kitty.
 * 8) * He have Kenny kick Peter in the back 2 times in different days.
 * 9) * He treats Kenny, Kitty Pryde from the X-Men, Peter, and Mary Jane (whenever he provokes and mocks her which result her to fight him back) like villains and doesn't care.
 * 10) * He tried to grabbed Mary Jane's hands, if she's interested in him which caused Peter to hit him. After the incident, He threatened Peter to fight and he nevers get punished.
 * 11) * He provokes Mary Jane into forcing her to hit him by mocking him about Gwen Stacy's death (at the hands of Carnage), this would led the two along with Peter, Liz Allan, and Kenny to detention.
 * 12) * He mocks Kitty Pryde for being a mutant in their school and jokes about her "baby" in class being half-mutant. His actions would led him to get in detention and he never stops like when he uses his friends to throw food at Kitty which led her to break the "no using mutant powers" law of this school and getting her a detention.
 * 13) He doesn't get along with the greater narrative of the series.
 * 14) He is a pathetic moron who bullies people for no reason.
 * 15) He doesn't become Agent Venom and Agent Anti-Venom just like in the mainstream timeline.
 * 16) He barely has any character development.

Redeeming Qualities:

 * 1) Of course, he seems to reform his actions, when Flash did not know that Peter was Spider-Man when he died after being accidentally shot by the Punisher and while trying to kill the Green Goblin using a truck and then died by jumping down the down during the explosion while his wound is bleeding.
 * 2) He sometimes doesn't bother Peter, along with other students and his classmates.
 * 3) Does get a lot of comeuppance like when Peter holding Flash's punch on him, causing his hand to hurt.
 * 4) He is better off a dimwit.

Trivia:
Flash's first name was Eugene, but it's changed to Frederick.

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