Where did Pied Piper go?
During the Flash season 1, Pied Piper, a man who controlled sound waves appeared. On the first episode he deliberately gets captured then escapes. On the second episode he gets beat up but doesn't come back to Star Labs prison cells. Does he go to Iron Heights? I read somewhere he escaped Iron Heights, was that comics only? I thought he might reappear, but then he would be the only character that hasn't been mentioned that comes back. (Captain Cold and Heat Wave are frequently mentioned.)
Does anyone know where he went?
Best Answer
The TV Piper is neither a meta with uncontrolled powers, or a career criminal. His motivation revolved around Wells hiding that he knew about the Accelerator explosion. And once Wells announced his involvement with the Accelerator explosion, he moved on to his only other leverage, attacking the only other thing Well's cares about, Barry/The Flash. He lost, and knows that he won't be able to beat him in the future, a chess metaphor.
He then uses Cisco by baiting knowledge on Ronnie to escape. Cisco releases him from the makeshift prison, and takes him to Barry's Lab at the police department, where he makes good on his info, but then escapes.
Unlike Captain Cold and Heat Wave, who make the news often as career criminals out for a buck (with the Flash's "Do Not Kill" consent), Rathaway's only motivation is Wells. With Flash around, he can't get to him, so he stays away.
But once Wells dies, his entire motivation for crime/vengeance is gone. He has no reason to come back. He's a minor secondary villain that would not make sense to write back in.
Update: The previews for the Season 2 episode 17 to be aired on 3/29 shows that Rathaway may be back, either in present time or in a flashback, or via time travel shenanigans. Maybe they will explain his absence in the last year. The episode title being "Flash Back" means likely not.
Update 2: Spoiler Alert
Rathaway had new lines in the past, and the show pulled a major retcon courtesy of Time Travel Shenanigans. Rathaway is no longer evil, or gone. An undisclosed amount of changes have happened, but Hartley's little project line implies he's not a regular member of Team
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Where did the Pied Piper stop and why?
At the river side the Piper stopped and he placed just one toe in the water and, as he continued playing, the rats continued dancing across the wharves and into the river. Rats by their thousands danced out of the town, across the wharves and splashed into the river where they were drowned.What killed Pied Piper?
Charles SchmidCause of deathMurdered by fellow inmatesOther namesThe Pied Piper of Tucson SmittyConviction(s)MurderCriminal penaltyDeath Commuted to 50 years imprisonment11 more rowsDid the Pied Piper exist?
It's probably a true story. According to an inscribed fa\xe7ade from 1602 around a Hamelin house from much earlier, \u201cA.D. 1284 \u2014 on the 26th of June \u2014 the day of St. John and St. Paul \u2014 130 children \u2014 born in Hamelin \u2014 were led out of the town by a piper wearing multicolored clothes.The VERY Messed Up Origins of The Pied Piper | Disney Explained - Jon Solo
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