Editing Flash Thompson (section)

===Ultimate Marvel===<!-- This section is linked from [[Gwen Stacy]] -->
[[File:Frederick 'Flash' Thompson (Ultimate Marvel character).jpg|thumb|upright|Frederick "Flash" Thompson, art by [[Mark Bagley]]]]
The [[Ultimate Marvel]] incarnation of the character is '''Fredrick "Fred" Thompson''',<ref name="USM65">[[Bendis, Brian Michael]] (w), [[Bagley, Mark]] (p). ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' #65 (Oct. 2000). Marvel Comics.</ref> a high school jock who bullies Peter Parker and is friends with fellow student [[Kenny McFarlane|Kenny "Kong" McFarlane]].<ref name="USM65"/> Unlike most versions, he does not idolize [[Ultimate Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] (something that Kenny does instead) and is generally portrayed unsympathetically. When Flash challenges Peter to a fight, Peter merely blocks a punch from Flash and manages to break his hand. When Peter joins the basketball team, Flash's attitude changes, on account of his tendency towards loyalty to his teammates. When Flash suddenly wants to talk to Peter alone for a moment on at least two occasions, Peter turns him down rather furiously, believing he just wanted to bully in private. After Gwen Stacy's death, it is revealed that Flash had a crush on Gwen and was actually trying to ask Peter for help in approaching Gwen for a date. During [[Silver Sable]]'s hunt of Spider-Man, Flash is kidnapped after being mistaken by the Wild Pack for Spider-Man, having only moments before disappeared into an alley Flash happened to be standing in. After realizing their mistake, the group considers killing him but Flash is able to escape. This experience gives Flash a new level of popularity within the school, especially after a TV movie is made about his ordeal. After Peter's apparent death as Spider-Man, Flash realizes that he is the only one who did not know that his former bullying victim and the young hero are the same person.<ref>{{cite comic|title=Ultimate Fallout|date=July 13, 2011|volume=1|issue=#1|page=10|publisher=Marvel Comics|location=New York|writer=[[Brian Michael Bendis|Bendis, Brian Michael]]|penciller=[[Mark Bagley|Bagley, Mark]]|inker=[[Andy Lanning|Lanning, Andy]]|letterer=Petit, Cory|colorist=[[Justin Ponsor|Ponsor, Justin]]; [[Laura Martin|Martin, Laura]]|editor=Paniccia, Mark; [[Sana Amanat|Amanat, Sana]]|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>