Theory: Can The Flash Outrun the Infinity Gauntlet?

[@ItsTripleAGaming]

Of course the Flash outrun the infinity gauntlet, gloves don't even have legs

[@Enbylissimo]

Yeah Thanos where's the leg gem loser.

[@sunscreen7205]

Well duh

[@oromain]

You beat me to the joke ; ;

[@qcumber85]

*snaps* or do they

[@Skullei]

They have fingers

[@WhiteRaven696]

Is that an Infinity Crown? Comic Drake is now my favorite Disney Princess.

[@claudelarose8831]

Would he give happiness to half the people in the universe?

[@ComicDrake]

Claude Larose, Honestly, yeah. I try to bring happiness to all, but I tend to piss off the anti-SJWs in the process.

[@WhiteRaven696]

All you can do is your best, man. Don't worry about the anti-SJW's (who ironically act far more like the SJW's that they claim to hate than actual SJW's do), and just do what you love.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

That crown reminds me of the ones you get in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.

[@probot6515]

Comic Drake 7:05 more like a turd... in the wind... 😲

[@parkerkincaid1031]

2 ways that I have thought of for Flash to escape: 1: Since information can only move at the speed of light, science says the wave of death from the SNAP would only move at the speed of light, and the Flash can move faster than light. (this relies on actual science, so kinda iffy whether it applies) 2: Flash ducks into the Speed Force. Since it exists outside of space-time, and any Infinity Gauntlet has power in its own dimension, flash should be safe in the Speed Force.

[@coreymolina4475]

Parker Kincaid while the second option is a valid way for the flash to survive the first one is flawed in that it doesn't take into account that the gauntlet can bend space and time the death wave will happen in an instant

[@parkerkincaid1031]

Well, GOSH HECKIN DARN IT. TRYING TO APPLY REAL WORLD SCIENCE TO FICTION DIDN'T WORK! Oh, well.

[@neolord1215]

Parker Kincaid you have given me hope again

[@Slash8Flash]

Parker Kincaid lmao true. But no.2 does work, but if the flash escapes out of the speedforce he will be vulnerable again

[@thomasagar273]

Parker Kincaid The problem with the second one is that it still takes time to enter the Speedforce an incredibly short amount time but time nonetheless which means nothing to who wields the INFINITY Gauntlet .

[@Enbylissimo]

BUT THEN it turns out that the Flash ran so good that he created the speed gem that nullifies the effects of the infinity gauntlet. Because comics probably.

[@munjee2]

Robbie Liddle BECAUSE SPEED FORCE

[@neolord1215]

AGREED

[@mikeburnsy6492]

+Munjee Syed BECAUSE SCIENCE

[@Slash8Flash]

BECAUSE COMICS

[@mrblue3879]

"Because he can ran so good" 😂🤣 ???

[@FahimusAlimus]

It was confirmed in Titans (2016) Issue #6 that the Speed Force is an infinite source of energy, so he'll never run out of kinetic energy to steal. One could easily argue if Wally absorbed the entire thing like Barry did as stated in Flashpoint (2011) Issue #5 that he could also have infinite stats much like the gauntlet.

[@ComicDrake]

There is a finite amount as Barry generates it as he runs. We've seen the entirety of it being absorbed a few times, most notably when Bart Allen absorbed all of it into himself. Plus, we've seen multiple instances of when a lot of Speed Force is being used, it slows down other speedsters since there is less for them to tap into. There is a LOT of evidence to there being a finite amount and Wally was just being hyperbolas in Titans #6.

[@FahimusAlimus]

I highly doubt it was a hyperbole when the title of the comic itself is literally "Lost to INFINITY!". This is what Wally says: "I'm part of the Speed Force now. Part of an *infinite* energy." with the word infinite being put in bold for emphasis. Barry generating it was mentioned in one comic from the Flash: Rebirth (2009) series which also said Jay Garrick can only run at Mach 20 with access to the Speed Force when that's blatantly contradicted by other instances of him stating he ran thousands of times faster than sound like in Final Crisis (2007) Issue #3. And even if he did that doesn't have to mean it's finite, as you implied at the end of your video there are bigger and smaller infinities, every number is much bigger than every natural number as going from 1-2 you already skip an infinite amount of numbers. Barry can generate and add to an infinite energy source the same way the Universe and still expand which is what most scientists think is happening. I'm pretty sure there is a finite amount available in to each universe and hence those inconsistencies you mentioned but I don't think that would stop him from reaching out to other universes and absorbing the Speed Force from there too. If there are an infinite number of multiverses each with 52 universes then this would make sense as it would all add up to infinity. Also travelling at light speed required infinite energy because anything with a non-zero rest mass has a relativistic mass of infinity as the Lorentz factor has zero as it's denominator, and E = mc^2 suggests that you'd also have infinite energy.

[@hideokojima1402]

@@FahimusAlimus Above that would be the Zero Energy theory even the Hyper particle

[@notben5088]

Let me just get this right... since The Speed Force does whatever the writer wants and The Infinity Stones do whatever the writer wants.... it basically comes down to who writes it. If a DC writer does it, then the Flash beats the stones but if a Marvel writer does it, then the Stones win

[@ComicDrake]

This is correct in basically any comic. :P Plot armor is the ultimate advantage.

[@TheApocalypseAttack]

@@ComicDrake can you yeet the stones in the speed force and leave it there?

[@zyaicob]

Now here's a question for 4Kids fans... *could the Flash outrun all 7 COSMOS STONES?*

[@RyanConIon]

Not if he can’t leave the dimension it is being used in it would destroy the universe do he could out run it but it will catch up

[@PhoenixEnforcer101]

As long as he doesn't do anything too violent like punch someone or eat a rice ball...I mean jelly donut

[@BATMAN-df5ee]

Piece of cake for flash

[@bigpapan.g3245]

Flash no doubt would get caught in it. But knowing how the flash works, he'd likely be able to speed steal, than run out of the universe. Or hide in the speed force dimension. He's a smart cookie who does what he needs to do. And because speed force... is always an odd yet valid reason as to why the flash can outrun anything ⚡

[@FancyGeeks]

🎵 Duuuuuuuuuuust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind. 🎵

[@disposable_hero1725]

🎵🤘 ⚡You got the touch,You got the power, When all hell's breaking loose, You'll be riding the eye of the storm ⚡🤘🎵

[@horseoperamarker]

no- _another one bites the dust_

[@laioszafeiriou4388]

Well, uh...He:s faster than light and, uh...Instances. I'd say he's pretty infinite

[@adventarchivist5789]

Hey Drake. I have a video idea for you. Could the infinity gems nullify the anti-life equation?

[@camerongrow6426]

Even if Flash reached infinite speed using some kind of comic book nonsense, it wouldn't be the infinity gauntlet that killed him but the speed force itself. It's not consistent but the Speed force has a nasty habit of absorbing Speedsters who break their limits.

[@jeremymorris345]

Ya and barry has gotten out of that

[@Understandmed8]

There’s a comic the recently came out where Wally outruns the speed force, and thought,which the writer says “he’s faster then infinite speed” honestly our brains are to small for all that.

[@bencs606]

Subbed and no notifications yet still here after 3 minutes

[@richardcheese4680]

But didn’t he win a race against someone who could teleport instantly? It really depends on the situation.

[@corysnider9975]

Drake you are one of the top 5 people I watch to learn about comics and you give me more info thanks.

[@justas423]

He can move faster than light so yeah he can outrun the snap since he's faster than a snap.

[@moki031698]

It's just a fan theory, but Flash could theoretically cheat his way out of the snap, but it is very circumstantial and like Comic Drake said the Speed Force could do anything the writer wanted at the time. I propose that Barry would do what Eobard Thawne did during Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. If he saw the snap coming, then he could use that fraction of a second to absorb as much Speed Force energy as he could to slow his moment of dying, stretching it to weeks and maybe months before he inevitable tires out and disintegrates. It's a cop out and admittedly not compliant to mainstream lore, but I wanted pull that out of my ass nonetheless. I love hearing myself talk, you see. At least I provided some evidence.

[@loweegee7876]

Flash would escape by using the Speed Force to run into the multiverse,

[@napalmblaziken]

You know who could beat the snap? Saitama. He would just punch it.

[@napalmblaziken]

A joke. Don't go apeshit.

[@Duckverse]

Napalm Blaziken lmao

[@alanreyes6082]

Napalm Blaziken if it wasnt for that comment I would've smashed my keyboard just by pressing

[@utoresa5193]

Napalm Blaziken I was about to go apeshit

[@sightseeing7993]

So would Superboy Prime.

[@generalzeta7000]

I accidentally came up with someone who could beat the infinity Gauntlet. I later moved his story on to him finding the final pieces to become a god of creation.

[@siresorb1419]

Wouldn't flash just be able to disarm Thanos? Like he does with everybody else?

[@Shadow-kd2ot]

He can just take the glove right off of thanos's hand

[@X_Blake]

Iris, I don't feel so goo......

[@fearless4him595]

Blak3 Nikos No Barry, WE don’t feel so goo...

[@Duckverse]

Fearless 4 Him Nice

[@gmexecutioner7766]

I read that in Grant Gustin's voice

[@X_Blake]

[GM] Executioner Ha

[@noncompliant209cali]

@@fearless4him595 God I hated that line SOOO BAD! "No Barry, We are the Flash"

[@onurcradibleable]

I would love to see a video about famous comic book characters, that didn't ever die, except for apocalypses where everybody dies. Last time I checked I could count all the times Batman or Superman died, but are there some non-immortal heroes, who never faced death?

[@ghqebvful]

I still feel like the Flash could beat it, if he had a heads up on it.

[@davidhadler1]

Kudos for bringing up the aleph sets. People always forget about those.

[@elianas1121]

Objection- the snap wouldn’t kill flash. The snap would have a 50/50 chance of killing flash.

[@Dr._Atom]

Dude, the guy once outran the fricking big bang and death itself all by himself, now you tell me he can't outrun the infinity gauntlet?

[@Dis4Iysdexia]

Good shit man!

[@mrblue3879]

No flash can't outrun the guantlet if Quicksilver can't (and he has infinite speed) then flash definitely cant

[@foltax6625]

"No matter how you slice it, nothing can beat infinity... well, except for..." Literally Dr. Doom did, taking full blasts from it. As you slightly touched on.

[@thedorksguide24]

I was thinking about this while I was watching one of your videos about the flash lol

[@Numbuh1NerdX]

If the Infinity Gauntlet only works in its home dimension, couldn't Barry or Wally just break the dimensional barrier and hop to the next one over? Or literally hide in the Speedforce? Although I guess that also kinda crumbles under the "The Gauntlet wielder can think as fast or faster than Flash can" thing...

[@niccthicc3234]

You look like Jughead Jones with that crown on.

[@davidhadler1]

Surely you're not implying that's a BAD thing? :-)

[@niccthicc3234]

David Adler absolutely not.

[@Kyomusha]

The Flash doesn't need to outrun the gauntlet, he just needs to be faster than the bearer of the gauntlet ;)

[@joutakujo2366]

also you ever think about doing a video on the god justice league aka the the justice league during the darksied war even like god of ligh GL god of strength superman

[@The_Wosh]

3:09 speaking about that, how did secret wars affect the MCU?

[@Panthror]

Since infinity is a derivative of infinite, I think Douglas Adams explained the concept the best: Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, ``wow, that's big'', time. Infinity is just so big that by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here.

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

Unless Thanos can snap at the speed of Infinity, he can't destroy Flash who at his top speed can travel to Speedforce which is Infinite

[@that1nerd756]

One way a writer could have Flash get out of it is by saying that Flash, as an avatar and generator of the Speed Force, a multiversal cosmic power, was immune to the effects of the Infinity Gauntlet, as it can only effect it's home universe, as a universal threat, while Flash is multiversal. Just my two cents.

[@simianurchin7630]

Before watching the video my say on this is I’d say most likely, the flash could run faster than the electrical signals in the gauntlet users mind so they could even think about using any muscles or thoughts to use the gauntlet/stones. But now time to watch the video!

[@Gmal51]

Because as they say want you touch the powers known there is no way of getting out of it it could either destroy you or allow you to use it.

[@Gmal51]

Well this could be a challenge for The the Flash Each six infinity stones.

[@shja0111]

For me the answer is a big fucking NO!!!!!!!!!!! Because its infinity stone

[@Gmal51]

Well the Flash has the get out the powers those grip but he might not be able to use the speed force or his speed to do so it shows you you had to handle the power stone no way around it

[@jameshall6399]

He could escape the snap, he could theoretically enter the salesforce itself which is a different plane of existence and exit after the snap occured

[@Spark-Gold]

with Flash as my favorite comic character, I caught on to his true weakness. His power is an active ability, not a passive one. At default he is either perceiving the world normally or at or just above peak awareness. This starts to be obvious with the amount of times he says he's "tapping into the Speed Force". You see this in every canon where he is constantly defeated by the element of surprise because he needs to consciously GET to top speed. This makes sense because constantly perceiving reality at multiple times the base speed all the time would be mental torture and some stories also have using the speed force be a physical drain. There's also the problem that comes up once in a while where going too fast risks you accidentally going into the Speed Force plane of existence so yeah, not the most ideal to be at that level all the time

[@Gmal51]

I don't think is speed might be able to save him from this with him stealing that kinetic energy from it

[@MaxibonHR]

I imagine he could just hide out in the speed force, since it technically exists outside the multiverse he might not be affected

[@Artista_Frustrado]

now im mad this competition can never happen considering how silly it would get

[@Mae_is_gae]

Would it be possible for him to run into the speed force during the snap to dodge the effects of it? It's been shown to not work in alternate dimensions, and the speed force is outside of all dimensions

[@brendanrisney2449]

The "Alith Nole Stones" is both the best and worst name for a McGuffin I've ever heard.

[@porungadaddy9053]

Great video.

[@sheerheartattack3867]

My dumb ass forgot that the stones look different in the comics and thought he got them wrong, lol

[@metal87power]

The only way for Flash to outrun the gauntlet is to outrun the universe that gauntlet is used.

[@TetraSky]

Liked, commented, already subbed, notifications are borked anyway and the subbox works just fine for me.

[@Retr0Dedsec245]

Cool video dude.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Couldn't the Space Gem seperate Flash's molecules, thus killing him? Or perhaps completely prevent him from moving or vibrating? Also, could the Mind Gem freeze his mind the way Prof. X does in X2 and First Class? What about the Time Gem allowing you to see where in time The Flash decides to go? Or allowing you to see every possible outcome of a confrontation with him? If you think about it, if these gems give infinite control over their respective elements, some of them could possibly defeat The Flash by itself. Not to mention that if he didn't know what they're capable of before fighting their wielder, they could easily beat him through a surprise attack.

[@conmanay4563]

Doom admitted that the gauntlet tested him-even with all the power in his corner! Silver Surfer who is 4,820 trillion X FTL couldn’t get the gauntlet from Thanos Exact quote “Yes, you tested me...reduced me to this....wanton physical violence....but I remain doom and you remain something...beneath me”

[@sesereddead465]

Well we could not answer this question, since if either thanos or flash went into each other’s said univer-0:40 Oh.....

[@michaschulz5182]

But if i habe the time stone i controll time and like u said speedforce is essential time itself is. it should be possible to controll the speedforce with the timestone and than it might not be that easy for flash to beat it

[@lordzeus2056]

barry can run so fast he can reverse time, so yeah, he can outrun the snap, because all he's doing is running so fast that the time slow will eventually become the time reverse

[@biolifeless150]

reverse flash can escape from getting deleted from existence so he can to after getting deleted xD and there is speed force itself that he can run in than he can't even do anything

[@AA-ew9qf]

All he has to do is run back in time and tell himself to run back in time further or into the future so the flash never experiences the snap

[@raystriker3512]

Flash wouldn't even wait for the snap, he could just go top speed and kill the owner of the gauntlet with the phasing strike to the heart lol

[@artikt2]

Did you just predict Owen Wilson's character in the Loki series to be a variant of Namor and that's why he loves jetskies some much? :O

[@corneliusbinklefredickbear9936]

HE COULD GO IN THE SPEED FORCE

[@Ishigami96]

Technically that would not kill the flash the only thing that could kill the flash is the black flash

[@ermac9275]

Drake! Remember when Thanos said to Tony in Infinity War:”your not the only one cursed with knowledge..” That clearly means that Thanos has Tony stuck in his mind too....does that mean that Thanos knows how to build an Iron-Man suit!? 😂😂

[@The_Wosh]

He might not be able to outrun it, but if the speedforce is still there then he can come back through speedforce nonsense

[@RyanConIon]

When the flash was sent to the power rangers universe he didn’t lose his powers.

[@ComicDrake]

Just because the Speed Force doesn't exist in the Marvel universe, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist in the Power Rangers comic universe.

[@bigjake360t]

So the Morphing Grid and the Speed Force both exist in that universe? Cool!

[@hideokojima1402]

@@bigjake360t The speedforce exists inside barry, because he is generating it, same could be said for wally both of them are generating the speedforce creating a connection to different location that has information yet to be granted by the speedforce

[@barrelallen]

Did you remember the fact that he can break anything by phasing his hand

[@thedragonknight3600]

Lovely crown you have there. *steals it*

[@noobmaster69bringmenoodmas36]

If flash knew it was coming then he could go into the past to prevent its wielder from getting his hands on it ,but if he didn't know it then he's probably dead

[@jearn11]

While the Flash can outrun instantaneous travel, that doesn't really help since the Space Stone allows one to literally be everywhere at once if they chose. Same thing with the Time Stone. A wielder can exist in all of Time, and so the Flash couldn't escape through time because the wield will already be there.

[@Jynx316]

My thought at the very beginning of the video. The Speed Force is part of Reality. Reality Stone says “Not anymore.” So, no, he’s not faster then the snap.

[@luigiboi4244]

Flash can just use the Zero Gauntlet: a gauntlet that cancels out the powers of the Infinity Gauntlet.

[@dannysmith9143]

If the snap happened the black flash would come Before the snap so the flash would know

[@hms2407]

There's something you missed, flash can sort of play with time. If he's fast enough, he can take the gauntlet off even before thanos snaps his finger. He literally saved a whole town in nano seconds,secondly he can very well go back in time, and never let thanos get the gauntlet in the first place.

[@thomasagar273]

Hussain Murtaza Thanos doesn’t need to snap his fingers to kill half the life in the universe he just does it for effect

[@neilsolanki7530]

Are you forgetting the time stone? That gives Thanos mastery over time, and I mean MASTERY. "Goes back and never let Thanos have the gauntlet" would make Thanos laugh his ass off.

[@terrenceseidel169]

Question. Could the Speed Force do something crazy & save the flash?

[@kenansavage11]

What about the speed force? If Barry (Or any other DC Speedster) ran into it & was absorbed, would the snap effect him? It’s been compared to a force like gravity, only with a sort of conscious. Could the snap effect someone or something inside a force like that?

[@Sheuto]

As of whether something is an alternate timeline or alternate reality. An alternate timeline IS an alternate reality lol. It doesn't always work the other way around because if two alternate realities never had the common point they diverged from one another - then they aren't alternate timelines they are completely separate. But two alternate timelines are two alternate realities.

[@wildwolf3536]

If the flash was present when the snap was happening, couldn't it just be as simple as him moving his hand in between Thanos' fingers

[@goldenmatheus]

The Flash can travel to another universe. The reason this is important is because the infinity gauntlet only works in one universe. So The Flash wins.

[@TheBluewonder668]

Wally does not need the treadmill

[@Gmal51]

Well the power stone could drive the Flash crazy when the Flash tried to grab the power stone when he touches it because it can destroy a human body

[@kalisengawajoel603]

Can he out run the ultimate nullifier? And if the u.nullifier and the gauntlet were pressed on the same time against each other which one would win?

[@SpideyWho63]

Drake u r amazing Great video I love that hat ....where did u get it

[@spideyviewer327]

Well, you did say that if it went unnoticed, then Flash wouldn't be able to outrun it. But what if he was there? Like, what if he was trying to stop this guy from doing the snap but failed, so he knew what was happening?

[@Gmal51]

Flash has the speed force but I don't know if it just got a match that time stone in defeating it.

[@praveenvijeyakumar741]

"If you really look at it, nothing, can beat infinity". This makes sense at first, but if you think about it, this isn't true. ANOTHER INFINITY can beat infinity. Something like the speed force, which is described as an infinite void of time, space, and energy. It is "Eternity Itself". So I think The Flash can outrun the Infinity Gauntlet. Great video, though.

[@gloriousporpoise9731]

Ah but with the gauntlet thanos neat eternity

[@ComplexEvil]

Even if you ignore the infinity part of their name this is still an automatic loss. The space stone IS space, the time stone IS time, ect ect. If you're going to drop both the stones and the speed force into a universe that both exist and function in, then the flash automatically loses because the stones ARE the speed force.

[@prophet1390]

Why do you not wear the Boster Gold in every episode?

[@ComicDrake]

Because wearing the suit in every episode would look ridiculous and wouldn't make it special when I do wear it.

[@prophet1390]

Comic Drake yes but... still as THE Booster Gold Guy you could say it is your work uniform as an excuse to wear it

[@carinseein]

I'm just thinking the speed force as a sentient force would tell the snap to "back off bitch" and protect the flash from probability. So the flash, no. The speed force, yes.

[@cxmpiso-_-7191]

actually he can think before that what ever happens and goes back in time and fixes his mistakes

[@matthewfredericks1640]

What if there's a version of the stones that can control the entire multiverse

[@iamsemjaza]

Speedforce is a source of infinite speed.

[@derp3870]

the flash could run to another universe before the gauntlet snaps because it seems to be controlled by physical motions like you cant just have the gauntlet itself do everything for you you need someone controlling it and the flash IS the fastest man alive

[@Xigzagamer]

I just thought of something what if professor zoom could go into a time frame he already exists in, if so, would it be possible for millions of zooms to overpower the owner of the infinity gauntlet

[@judgehamm6953]

I found a way for him to out do the snap it takes half of all life so he can literally create tons of time remnant to make up for most of the half and there’s still be one of him to live

[@Malzy-zy4bj]

Could he not just run into the speed force to get away from the effects of the gauntlet?