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==In other media== ===Television=== [[File:Flash Thompson (The Spectacular Spider-Man).jpg|thumb|Flash Thompson as he appears in<br>''The Spectacular Spider-Man''.]] * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'', voiced by [[Frank Welker]].<ref name="back91"/> * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', voiced by [[Patrick Labyorteaux]]. This version tries to pursue a relationship with [[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Felicia Hardy]] before entering one with [[Debra Whitman]]. * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' episode "Flash Memory", voiced by [[Devon Sawa]]. This version is more violent and willing to endanger others' lives. He receives an intelligence-enhancing serum from Dr. Zellner, but quickly suffers from its side effects before helping Spider-Man defeat the scientist. * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', voiced by [[Joshua LeBar]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Flash Thompson Voices (Spider-Man) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Spider-Man/Flash-Thompson/ |access-date=January 21, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version was Peter Parker's childhood friend and a fan of Spider-Man who earned his nickname due to his habit of [[streaking]] as a child and starts off as a bully before mellowing out as the series progresses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finnighan |first=Lucy-Jo |date=2021-12-14 |title=Spectacular Spider-Man: 10 Main Characters, Ranked By Likability |url=https://screenrant.com/spectacular-spider-characters-ranked-likability/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}</ref> * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'',<ref>Arrant, Chris (July 20, 2013). [http://www.newsarama.com/18445-disneyxd-s-ultimate-spider-man-renewed-for-3rd-season-hulk-s-m-a-s-h-clip.html "DisneyXD's ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN Renewed For 3rd Season, HULK-S.M.A.S.H. Clip"]. [[Newsarama]].</ref> voiced by [[Matt Lanter]] as a young adult and [[Logan Miller]] as a child.<ref name="btva" /> This version is an acquaintance of [[Harry Osborn]] and [[Mary Jane Watson]]. As the series progresses, he eventually reforms and becomes the [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] symbiote's second major host, dubs himself Agent Venom, and joins the [[New Warriors]] and Web Warriors. * Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Spider-Man (2017 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' (2017), voiced by [[Benjamin Diskin]].<ref name="btva" /> Over the course of the series, he mellows out as a bully due to traumatic encounters with the Venom symbiote. * Flash Thompson makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the ''[[X-Men '97]]'' episode "Tolerance is Extinction β Part 3". ===Film=== * In [[James Cameron]]'s aborted script treatment for ''Spider-Man'', the character of Eugene "Flash" Thompson is renamed Nathan McCreery.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/15/review-of-james-camerons-spider-man-scriptment | title=Review of James Cameron's Spider-Man Scriptment| date=15 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8b4J_Dx6nGQC&q=james+cameron+spiderman+sandman+boyd&pg=PA5 | title=''Spider-Man'' Films}}</ref><ref name="technobuffalo.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/15/james-cameron-was-this-close-to-making-a-spider-man-movie/ | title=James Cameron was this close to making a Spider-Man movie| date=2017-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Scott |last=Chitwood |title=Review of James Cameron's Spider-Man Scriptment |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=February 15, 2000 |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034412p1.html |access-date=April 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831202555/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034412p1.html |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> * Flash Thompson appears in [[Sam Raimi]]'s [[Spider-Man (2002 film series)|''Spider-Man'' trilogy]], portrayed by [[Joe Manganiello]]. ** Introduced in ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002), this version is initially [[Mary Jane Watson (2002 film series character)|Mary Jane Watson]]'s boyfriend in addition to being [[Peter Parker (2002 film series character)|Peter Parker]]'s rival and bully. Additionally, Thompson is stated to be a high school quarterback in the film's novelization. After Parker accidentally uses his newly acquired superpowers to humiliate Thompson, a fight between them breaks out, which Parker wins due to his powers. During their graduation, Thompson proposes to Watson, but she rejects and breaks up with him. ** Thompson makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'', in which he attends [[Harry Osborn (2002 film series character)|Harry Osborn]]'s funeral following the latter's death while saving Parker from [[Eddie Brock|Venom]]. * Flash Thompson appears in [[The Amazing Spider-Man (film series)|''The Amazing Spider-Man'' duology]], portrayed by [[Chris Zylka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/NElDTbvMSFdmpn|publisher=Movieweb.com|access-date=November 25, 2010|archive-date=September 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020702/http://www.movieweb.com/news/chris-zylka-is-eugene-flash-thompson-in-spider-man|url-status=dead}}</ref> ** Introduced in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012), this version is a basketball player and is friends with [[Gwen Stacy (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)|Gwen Stacy]], who serves as a voice of reason for him, in addition to being [[Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series)|Peter Parker]]'s bully. Upon gaining superpowers, Parker humiliates Thompson during a basketball practice session. Following [[Uncle Ben|Ben Parker]]'s death, Thompson sympathizes with Peter, ceases bullying him, expresses admiration for Spider-Man, and gradually becomes a better person. ** Thompson makes a minor appearance in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''. Additionally, a deleted scene titled "Flash Forward" depicts Thompson and Peter having become friends and the former expressing a desire to attend military school.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Prior to the franchise's cancellation, there were slated plans for Thompson to become Agent Venom in spin-off films, which Zylka was eager for.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} * [[Flash Thompson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Eugene "Flash" Thompson]] appears in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) [[Spider-Man (2017 film series)|''Spider-Man'' trilogy]], portrayed by [[Tony Revolori]]. Due to Revolori not being white, as the character is traditionally portrayed, a small online contingent sent hate mail and death threats to the actor. His performance in the films was well-received by the general public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spider-Man: Homecoming's Flash Thompson Actor Received Death Threats|url=http://www.cbr.com/spider-man-homecomings-death-threats/|website=Comic Book Resources|date=29 June 2017|access-date=29 June 2017|last=Gerding|first=Stephen}}</ref> ** Introduced in ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', this version is a "smug, rich kid", a student of the [[Midtown School of Science and Technology]], a classmate of [[Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Peter Parker]], whom he verbally bullies, and a practicing DJ on the side. After being saved by Spider-Man, Thompson's admiration for him starts to develop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/interview-spider-man-homecoming-tony-revolori-flash-thompson/|title=Spider-Man: Homecoming's Flash Thompson is a Social Media Bully|last=Granshaw|first=Lisa|website=CBR|date=June 29, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Holmes">{{cite web |last= Holmes |first= Adam |title=The Main Change Spider-Man: Homecoming Made To Flash Thompson|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1614720/the-main-change-spider-man-homecoming-made-to-flash-thompson|website=CinemaBlend|date= 20 January 2017 |access-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/24/comic-con-captain-marvel-black-panther-boost-marvel-diversity/87498690/ |title=Comic-Con: 'Captain Marvel,' 'Black Panther' boost Marvel diversity |last=Truitt |first=Brian |work=[[USA Today]] |date=July 24, 2016 |access-date=July 24, 2016 }}</ref> ** In ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'', Thompson is revealed to have been a victim of [[the Blip]] and become a minor social media star with followers he dubs the "Flash Mob". Following his attendance in a school summer trip, Thompson's difficult home life is alluded to as his father is ill and his mother is distant; having sent a chauffeur to pick him up from the airport rather than do so personally.<ref name="Holmes" /> ** As of ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'',<ref name="Revolori">{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=July 27, 2020 |title='Grand Budapest Hotel' Star Tony Revolori Signs With WME |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/grand-budapest-hotel-tony-revolori-wme-1202995513/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=May 30, 2021 }}</ref> Thompson has dyed his hair blonde, supports Parker after his identity as Spider-Man is outed, and is later accepted into [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>''Spider-Man: No Way Home'', directed by Jon Watts (Produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, 2021, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing)</ref> * Flash Thompson / Captain Spider makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'' as a member of [[Spider-Man 2099|Miguel O'Hara]]'s Spider-Society.<ref name="Spider-Verse">{{Cite web |last=Jasper |first=Gavin |date=2022-12-13 |title=Guide to the Weirdest Spider-Men in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/guide-to-weirdest-spider-men-in-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-trailer |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=[[Den of Geek]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Video games=== * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Avengers Alliance]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad Online]]''. * Flash Thompson as Captain Spider, Agent Venom, and Agent Anti-Venom appear as separate playable characters in ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)|Spider-Man Unlimited]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Contest of Champions]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears in ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'', voiced by [[Crispin Freeman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Team-Up with Agent Venom!|url=https://marvelheroes.com/news/news-articles/team-agent-venom|website=MarvelHeroes.com|publisher=Gazillion Entertainment|access-date=October 11, 2016|date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151141/https://marvelheroes.com/news/news-articles/team-agent-venom|archive-date=October 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Puzzle Quest]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/piecing-together-marvel-puzzle-quest-agent-venom|title=Piecing Together Marvel Puzzle Quest: Agent Venom|website=Marvel Entertainment|date=November 17, 2016|last=Chabala|first=Ben}}</ref> * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Future Fight]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Avengers Academy]]''. * Flash Thompson as Agent Venom appears in ''[[Marvel Snap]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MARVEL SNAP - Dominate the Marvel Multiverse in High-Speed Card Battling Action |url=https://www.marvelsnap.com/home/newsdetail?id=7415247892933352197 |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.marvelsnap.com}}</ref> ===Miscellaneous=== Flash Thompson appears in ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'', originally played by [[Matt Caplan]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/person/matt-caplan-vault-0000063218 "Matt Caplan: Performer"]. ''[[Playbill]]''. Retrieved April 20, 2019.</ref>
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