‘The Flash’ Cameos: All the Batmen and Supermen, Plus That Post-Credits Scene Explained

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Warner Bros. and DC Studios The Flash, now playing in theaters.

Ezra Millers speedy superhero tears apart the DC Universe in the multiverse-hopping movie, The Flash. After first appearing in cameos in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, the Flash finally gets his own standalone movie, full of surprise appearances and shocking cameos.

In the latest DC Universe movie, Barry Allen, the alter ego of the Flash, briefly reunites with his Justice League pals Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) on a mission in Gotham City (Henry Cavills Superman was preoccupied elsewhere). After revisiting his childhood home, Barry is overwhelmed with emotion thinking about his mothers murder and his fathers wrongful conviction for it. Barry discovers that he can run fast enough to break the speed of light and travel back in time, so he goes back to the day his mother was killed in an attempt to save her. However, time travel is never that easy.

Barry bumps into a younger version of himself, majorly messes up the timeline and loses his Flash powers. The mainline Barry must then teach his younger self how to safely harness his super speed and seek out the Justice League to defeat General Zod (Michael Shannon), who has arrived to destroy Earth. The two Barrys need some help, however, so they recruit that worlds Batman, a retired version of Michael Keatons Caped Crusader, and Supergirl (Sasha Calle).

In their climactic battle against Zod, Batman and Supergirl die, and the younger Barry tries to repeatedly rewind time to save them, to no avail. The time travel tizzy upsets the entire multiverse, and the main Barry gets a peek into other worlds with different versions of the classic DC heroes. In the end, Barry comes to terms with his moms death and goes back in time to fix everything, while also getting evidence to exonerate his dad. However, the multiverse may never be quite the same again

Heres every cameo in The Flash, including a few familiar faces as Batman and Superman, who appear as universes collide in the cameo-filled Speed Force scene.

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman in the opening heist of the movie, when she saves Ben Afflecks Batman as he precariously dangles below a bridge with a crook. Using her Lasso of Truth, she even pries some hilarious secrets from the Caped Crusader and Flash. After her other cameo in Shazam: Fury of the Gods, this may be the last we see of Gadots Wonder Woman for a while, unless she pops up in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom or somewhere in James Gunn and Peter Safrans rebooted DC Universe.

Jason Momoa as Aquaman

Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture In the post-credits scene, Jason Momoa returns as Aquaman, albeit roaring drunk on a street with Barry Allen. He falls into a puddle of dirty water just outside of Barrys apartment. When Barry tries to help him, Arthur Curry refuses to stand up, clearly at home in the water. Does it make sense? No. Does it appear to set up anything in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, releasing in December? Also no. Hopefully, Arthur sobers up in time for his return!

Henry Cavill as Superman

Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection Henry Cavill himself doesnt appear in The Flash, but we see his Superman well, from behind fighting a volcanic eruption on TV as Barry Allen is called to a mission in Gotham City. A shirtless Cavill created from CGI also appears during a trippy, Speed Force montage.

George Clooney as Batman

In the final scene of the movie, Barry Allen leaves the courthouse after proving his fathers innocence and gets a call from his pal Bruce Wayne (played earlier in the movie by Ben Affleck) congratulating him on the outcome. Barry sees a fancy car drive up, but instead of Affleck, or even Keaton, George Clooneys version of Bruce —from 1997s infamous Batman and Robin — steps outside. Surprise!

Its quite likely that Clooneys appearance is nothing more that a fun, comedic button meant to signal that The Flash signifies the beginning of the end of the DC cinematic universe that has existed since 2013s Man of Steel. But given the metaphysical rules of the multiverse established earlier in the film, Clooney appearance also suggests that Barry did not return to the exact same DC cinematic as before, which raises several (perhaps unanswerable) questions. Would Clooney return for a more robust appearance as the Dark Knight in a future DC film? Would Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which will be directed by The Flashs Andy Muschietti, take place in this universe? Or will the new DCU leave this and all other past DC worlds behind? As the Flash knows all too well, only time will tell.

Nicolas Cage as Superman

Image Credit: WireImage Nicolas Cage nearly played Superman in director Tim Burtons scrapped movie Superman Lives in 1998. During the Speed Force sequence at the end of The Flash, audience get to see Cage — or, at least, a CGI version of a younger Cage — don the suit with some long black hair while he fights a giant tarantula.

Christopher Reeve as Superman and Helen Slater as Supergirl

CGI versions of Christopher Reeve and Helen Slater appear as their Kryptonian heroes during the Speed Force sequence. Reeve, who died 2004, famously starred in four Superman films in the late 70s and 80s, and Slater led a Supergirl spinoff in 1984.

Adam West as Batman

Adam Wests cheesy 60s Batman appears briefly during the Speed Force scene. He starred as the Caped Crusader in his Batman TV series from 1966-68 and 1966 film. Burt Ward as his sidekick Robin, and Cesar Romero as the Joker, also show up briefly.

George Reeves as Superman

During the Speed Force scene, George Reeves black-and-white Superman reappears in a different world. Reeves previously played the Man of Steel in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and the 50s TV show Adventures of Superman, which originally broadcasted in black and white.

Teddy Sears as Jay Garrick's The Flash

Ezra Miller isnt the only Flash in the movie. Teddy Sears cameos as Jay Garrick, the first person to take up the Flash mantle. He appears in his comic-accurate, old-fashioned red suit and winged helmet. In The CWs The Flash TV series, Sears played the evil speedster Zoom, who briefly pretended to be Garrick.

Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry

Halfway through the film, when Barry Allen is trying to find the Justice League in his new reality, Star Wars actor Temuera Morrison returns as Aquamans father, Thomas Curry. Barry calls a number for Aquamans lighthouse, only to discover that Thomas never had a son and was never married to the queen of Atlantis. It turns out in that world, the only Arthur Curry is Thomas dog, not Jason Momoas buff superhero.

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth

Not only is Ben Afflecks Batman back, but his butler Alfred Pennyworth, played by Jeremy Irons, also returns at the beginning of The Flash. From the safety of the Batcave, Alfred helps Barry Allen save free-falling babies and a nurse from an explosion at the Gotham City Hospital.

Director Andy Muschietti

The Flash director himself, Andy Muschietti, appears briefly in the movie as a man eating a hotdog. The filmmaker is staying in the DC Universe for now, as hes confirmed to direct Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

'Game of Thrones Star' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Image Credit: Dan Doperalski/Variety Jaime Lannister doesnt appear in The Flash, but the Game of Thrones star has a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo as a man eating pizza. He gets a special thank you in the end credits.