The Flash 1.01 - Barry Allen

Show: The Flash

Episode: S1E1, "Pilot"

Character: Barry Allen Whump Factor: 3 (slightly four)

When a particle accelerator blows up and releases a dark matter storm over Central City, forensic scientist Barry Allen is struck by lightning and receives incredible superhuman powers of superspeed. The whump goes the entire way through the episode, first starting out with a scene of 11 year-old Barry getting beaten by bullies and then proceeding to him getting struck by lightning a few minutes later.

But that's not all. In an attempt to stop a mugger from getting away with his crush's purse, Barry is punched several times and gets a bloody nose. And later on while he's testing out his superspeed abilities, he crashes into some wreckage and breaks his arm. However, because he has super speed, he now has super fast metabolism and healing abilities... a few minutes later, his arm's fine.

At the end, he and his new pals from Star Labs (the lab that created the particle accelerator) attempt to thwart another "metahuman" - someone who received superhuman abilities from the dark matter storm, and Barry himself is one of them. This particular metahuman isn't quite as sweet as Barry - in fact, he's a wanted criminal who's just received powers that involve controlling the weather. Barry's in danger several times as he tries to defeat him.