Zoom (Arrowverse)

"You can't lock up the darkness!"

- Zoom escapes

"I know you're here, Harrison Wells. And you did not come alone! You can try to hide. But I'm the fastest man alive! I will scour this city until I hunt you down and when I do all of you will feel...my...WRATH!"

- Zoom begins his hunt for Wells Hunter Zolomon, also known as Zoom and by his alias Jay Garrick/The Flash, is the main antagonist in the second season of the CW TV series, ''The Flash. ''After witnessing his father murder his mother Hunter grew up an embittered childhood at an orphanage and was left with an uncontrollable blood-lust and became a serial killer. After being convicted on 23 counts of murder he was imprisoned at an asylum to cure him of his urges, only to be affected by Harrison Wells' particle accelerator and was granted the power of super speed. Using this speed he became the meta-human terrorist Zoom but to give people false hope, he also traveled back in time and brought a younger version of himself to his present. This "time remnant", now disconnected to Hunter's own fate, posed as the superhero Jay Garrick/The Flash and acted as Hunter's archenemy to give people hope, though Zoom always planned to using his remnant as a sacrifice to take the people's hope away.

After being aflicted by an illness caused by an overdose of Velocity drugs Zoom begun searching for a cure, and once he discovered Earth-1 after the singularity he also discovered Barry Allen/The Flash. Aiming to steal Barry's speed to cure himself Zoom sent over numerous Earth-2 villains to push him to his limits to increase his speed, while sending his time remnant to spy on them. To physically harness Barry's speed Zoom also extorted Dr. Wells into working for him by kidnapping his daughter to force him to steal Barry's speed for him. After Barry and Wells retrieved Jesse and closed the breaches Zoom killed his double to push Barry to increase his speed further, then kidnapped Wally and forced Barry to surrender his speed. After succeeding Zoom kidnapped Caitlin and currently intends on conquering Earth-1 just he did Earth-2 and as many other Earths he can reach.

Zoom is portrayed by Teddy Sears. When disguising his voice, he is voiced by Tony Todd.

Origins
Hunter Zolomon was born to James and Ashley Zolomon on Earth-2. When Hunter was 11 he saw his father abusing his mother for trying to leave him and after giving Hunter his soldier helmet, Hunter watched as James executed Ashley and James was arrested for the murder. With no other relatives, at least any who wanted him, Hunter was sent to the foster care system where he grew up an embittered and lonely child. He was also left deeply disturbed and with a bloodlust that would eventually get the better of him. As an adult Hunter apparently became a scientist/chemist with a respectable solo operation working to purify heavy water without residual radiation, though given his deceptive nature it’s unknown if any of this is true. What is known is that Hunter became a serial killer who was eventually found guilty on 23 charges and was sent to the Saint Perez Mental Asylum for the Criminally Insane, receiving regular shock therapy to cure him of his urges. However around December 2013 whilst enduring another treatment of shock therapy Hunter was affected by dark matter released from Harrison Wells’ particle accelerator, giving him the power of super speed.

Becoming Zoom
Still cursed with an incurable bloodlust Hunter decided to use his powers to terrorize Central City. However he also sought to give people a sense of false hope during his reign of terror, only to it take it away from them and created the false identity of “Jay Garrick” who operated as the superhero “The Flash”. As The Flash he encountered several foes including Atom-Smasher, Dr. Light and Sand Demon. As "Jay", Hunter was praised as the city's hero and had a statue built in his honor. Despite being so fast Hunter was dissatisfied with his speed and sought to increase it further and created his own version of the Velocity drug Harrison Wells had been creating to stop him, but as Wells’ never got the formula right Hunter was affected on a cellular level and was afflicted with a speed disease. The only way to replenish his health and save him was with true Speed Force and begun searching for a way to heal himself. The illness also caused his lightning to turn blue. With his lightning now a different color Hunter decided to change up his tactics for his future terrorism of Earth-2 and adopted a new persona as a terrorist.

First his first act of terrorism, Hunter lured in 15 police officers into a supposed hostage situation, only when they discovered no hostages Hunter appeared and slaughtered them all. To strike fear into the C.C.P.D. Hunter deliberately left one officer alive to tell them of his experience and that officer described the attack as blue lightning, zooming around the room. Later that same night however Hunter went to that officer’s house and killed him too. This demonstration earned him the nickname “Zoom”. At some point in his career, Zoom kidnapped an unnamed man and placed him in a prison he build within Ascension Cliffs. To prevent him from giving any other prisoners and clues to his identity Zoom placed a metallic mask on him which seemingly prevents him from speaking. The identity of this man will be revealed in the Season 2 finale.

Zoom subsequently begun to terrorize the entire city and citizens quickly became terrified of him. Eventually not just Central City came to fear him but the entire world too. Zoom also forcefully employed other metahuman criminals under his rule, some of whom were also his enemies as The Flash, to enforce his will in the city; these include Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost, Cisco Ramon/Reverb, Deathstorm (Ronnie Raymond + Martin Stein), Shay Lamden/King Shark, Al Rothstein/Atom-Smasher, Dante Ramon/Rupture and Laurel Lance/Black Siren. Other metahuman criminals such as Linda Park/Dr. Light and Eddie Slick/Sand Demon however were so terrified of Zoom they’d do anything to stay away from him. To maintain the image of The Flash while he terrorized the city as Zoom, Hunter traveled back in time and found a younger version of himself still afflicted by the speed cancer but not enough for his speed to be blue, and brought him into the present. This time remnant, now disconnected to Hunter's own fate, inherited the name of Jay Garrick / The Flash and it's mantle while the actual Hunter would fight him as Zoom and appears as his archenemy. However the real Hunter always intended to take this hope away from the people.

When Harrison Wells was giving a demonstration to a new metahuman alert app at S.T.A.R. Labs Flash arrived and publically accused him of being responsible for the existence of metahumans, though Wells quickly denied any involvement. However Flash was disgusted to see Wells’ lack of responsibility for his actions and Wells’ coldly retorted that everyone would be safe, if he’d stop Zoom and Flash sped away in disgust. The next day Zoom attacked Central City College and abducted Jesse Wells, Harry’s daughter, to use as leverage against Wells and force his co-operation in his plan to restore Zoom's health.

Sending the metahumans
On May 19th 2015 a singularity opened in the sky which when closed a few minutes later, left 52 additionally breaches. After having Reverb use his powers on the breaches Zoom eventually discovered the existence of another Earth and travelled there and discovered another a speedster who operated as a superhero also named “The Flash”. Knowing that Flash’s speed held the key to restoring his health Zoom plotted to steal his speed but sought to increase Flash’s speed, and give himself more to steal to ensure his health is restored. To maintain eyes on Team Flash Zoom sent his time remnant to infeltrate the team and pose as "Jay" and teach Barry how to increase his speed further allowing Zoom to essentially be in two places at once. Meanwhile the prime Zoom started bringing metahuman criminals from Earth-2 to Earth-1 to test Flash’s capabilities, ensuring their cooperation by refusing them passage home unless they kill The Flash. However Zoom never intended on letting any metahumans kill Flash.

In October 2015 when Hunter discovered Flash’s secret identity as Barry Allen he brought Atom-Smasher over from Earth-2 to Earth-1 to kill Barry, promising him safe passage back if he succeeded. After Atom-Smasher’s defeat Hunter approached Team Flash, bypassing their newly installed security, and introduced himself as Jay Garrick. To gain Barry’s trust Hunter told a tale himself and Zoom being archenemies on Earth-2 who one night while fighting witnessed the singularity and “Jay” was pulled in and transported to Earth-1, powerless and trapped. Understandably Barry was sceptical of Hunter’s claims but asked they let him run tests to see if he’s telling the truth and Hunter agreed. While Dr. Caitlin Snow was testing him he told a story of himself being a scientist working on purifying heavy water without radiation, but was struck by lightning and became “The Flash” and Caitlin seemed to develop an attraction towards Hunter. Meanwhile in light of Atom-Smasher’s defeat prime Zoom brought over Sand Demon and made him the same offer as Atom-Smasher to which the terrified Sand Demon accepted. For security reasons remnant Hunter was placed into the pipeline by Barry but sometime later was released by Caitlin to run more tests on, including a full body scan. After Sand Demon’s first attack Hunter tried to offer aid but Barry refused and placed him back in the pipeline. Much later Barry eventually let Hunter out of his cell when his friend Patty Spivot was abducted by Sand Demon and Hunter revealed the key to Sand Demon’s defeat was lightning. To achieve this Hunter begun coaching Barry on how to hurl the lightning he creates when he runs, though with little result. Amidst his frustration however Barry admitted he didn’t trust Hunter because the last person who taught him these skills was his idol, and was also the man who murdered his mother and was using him. Hunter offered his sympathies but insisted that he wasn’t like his previous tutor. When Cisco and Professor Stein found Sand Demon’s location Barry came up with the plan to use Hunter as bait, posing as The Flash to distract Sand Demon while Barry finishes him with lightning. Hunter agreed to the plan as he did still have his suit, minus his helmet, to which Cisco picked up on and revealed he had his helmet, which came through the initial portal.

After suiting up Flash (Barry) sped Flash (Hunter) into the warehouse where Sand Demon was keeping Patty and physically engaged Sand Demon without his speed, but Sand Demon quickly caught on that Flash didn’t have his speed. However before he could finish him off the other Flash arrived and save Patty but not before Sand Demon’s concussive bomb knocked down both Flashes. As Sand Demon held Flash (Hunter) by his throat Flash (Barry) sped around Sand Demon and eventually hurled a lightning bolt towards him and crystallized him before both Flashes tended to Patty. Afterward Hunter was tended to by Caitlin and confessed that “losing his speed” was harder than he thought and Caitlin admitted that he lost something precious to her also (Ronnie), but after enough time it gets easier. Barry soon talked to Hunter and apologized for not trusting him and helping him defeat Sand Demon and Hunter accepted the apology, but also reminded him that fighting Zoom would be a much harder challenge. Hunter was present as Professor Stein informed the team of the discovery of the 52 breaches, but suddenly collapsed from a heart attack.

After Stein stabilized, Hunter begun working on the main breach inside the S.T.A.R. Labs building but was unable to fix it alone. Hunter admitted to Caitlin that he missed his speed, missed making a difference and the rush itself, but Caitlin told Hunter that he didn’t need his speed to be a hero and could aid in other ways. Hunter was seemingly moved by Caitlin’s words upon hearing this and asked Caitlin to work on the breach with him, and she (once Captain Cold was dealt with) agreed and together they fixed the breach. Hunter seemingly prepared to go home to find Zoom but Caitlin convinced him that he could help them on Earth-1, displaying obvious signs of having a crush on him which he noticed, and Hunter agreed. Zoom then brought over King Shark with the same terms he made his previous candidates. After King Shark’s defeat and imprisonment by A.R.G.U.S., Zoom adjusted his tactics and gathered personal details on Barry’s personal life including his previous romantic attachment to Linda Park, and brought over her Earth-2 doppelganger Linda Park/Dr. Light with the same terms. Zoom was confident that Barry would hesitate because of his previous romantic attachment to Linda’s Earth-1 counterpart despite Linda being a small time thief who’d never taken a life before.

After Caitlin informed Hunter of Harrison’s presence on Earth-1 he went to S.T.A.R. Labs and confronted him upon hearing of his plan to use Dr. Light as bait to lure out Zoom, though Hunter opposed his plan believe Barry wasn’t ready. Hunter and Harrison instantly resorted to bickering with each other over “his” disappearance and Harrison’s plan, but Hunter tried to plead to the team that they weren’t ready and didn’t even know why Zoom brought over Light as she’s never killed anyone before. After Dr. Light was found Hunter pleaded with Barry that Dr. Light wasn’t a killer and could be reasoned with, but upon Barry learning that Light was the Earth-2 version of his ex-girlfriend she became startled and blinded him. After Barry revealed that during their confrontation Barry accidentally clued Linda in on the existence of her Earth-1 counterpart, and Hunter and Caitlin went to watch over Earth-1 Linda in case her Earth-2 double showed up to kill her like Atom-Smasher did his double. While staking out Linda’s work place Hunter and Caitlin discussed Earth-2 and their worlds differences but this discussion quickly turned intimate and they nearly kissed, only for Dr. Light to blast the van they were in. After waking up, Hunter confronted Earth-2 Linda as she was about to kill Earth-1 Linda and at the sight of “Flash”, Earth-2 Linda fled. While tended to by Caitlin, Hunter apologized to Barry for misleading him, believing Dr. Light could be reasoned with, but Harrison quickly scolds Hunter and blames him for Barry doubting himself as he believes he can stop Zoom. However Hunter claimed to have spent 2 years hunting Zoom but Harrison quickly retorted that he spent 2 years running from Zoom, and Hunter admitted that he “ran” from Zoom out of fear but knows that Barry will die if he goes after him now. However Harrison called Hunter a coward and the two came to physical blows which was only broken up by Barry. When confronting Dr. Light Hunter had little advice to offer Barry on how to defeat her but Harrison did, by using speed mirages, but Barry was unable to keep up but Hunter motivated him and told him that he’s a better Flash than he ever was and Barry defeated Light. However Barry decided to go ahead with his plan to lure out Zoom anyway but Hunter refused to be part of it, not wanting to see Barry die but before leaving warned them all that Harrison was not to be trusted due to never admitting his role in the Earth-2 metahumans existence. On Earth-2 when Zoom realised that Harrison went missing he went to tell Jesse that Harrison had abandoned her but she still believed in him, and promised that he’d find her and kill him. However, Zoom simply scoffed at her beliefs and reminded her that the fates of her and her father were still undecided and sped off. When Zoom realised that Harry had travelled to Earth-1 he returned to interrogate Jesse as to why Harrison had travelled to Earth-1 but she claimed to not know, though Zoom didn’t believe her, but complemented her loyalty before torturing her.

Battle with the Flash
Zoom’s plans took a surprise turn when Dr. Light contacted her and told him that she’d killed Flash and sent his emblem through the portal. However Zoom quickly realised that it was Earth-1 Linda posing as Earth-2 Linda as part of a trap and Zoom didn’t take the bait, instead choosing the bide his time. Zoom waited until Team Flash had dropped their guard then really did show up at Central City Picture News and kidnapped Earth-1 Linda, and took her to S.T.A.R. Labs. Flash confronted Zoom but he dropped Linda off the rooftop but Flash was able to catch her and Zoom raced to the S.T.A.R. Labs entrance where he waited for Flash to make his move. Flash attempted to use a thunderbolt against Zoom only for Zoom to grab the bolt itself and toss it back at Flash, then both speedsters ran around S.T.A.R. Labs. Flash attempted to even the playing field by forcing them to run into the air, cutting off both their speeds, but this had little effect as Zoom gained the upper hand when they landed and obtained his speed dampening dart. Zoom proceeded to brutally beat Flash and broke his back but Harrison attempted to intervene by shooting another dart at him but Zoom caught it, and used both darts on Flash and warned Harrison that he would die next and Zoom kidnapped Flash. Zoom took his broken body to Central City Picture News and displayed it in front of all the reporters there calling him a false god, then took it to Central City Police Department and declared the days of the Flash over. Captain Singh ordered his men to fire on Zoom but he caught every bullet fired at him and sped Flash back to S.T.A.R. Labs and mocked Harrison’s attempts to stop him, unmasking Barry in front of them and stabbed him in the chest. As Zoom declared his victory, he prepared to kill Barry only for Cisco Ramon's Earth-1 counterpart to fire a dart at him and cause him to lose balance, but Zoom was able to speed away in time before the dart could take full effect. Barry’s encounter with Zoom left him physically crippled for days but also emotionally broken for longer believing he couldn’t protect Central City from Zoom, especially since the who city has seen what Zoom can do to him but after a pep talk from his father Barry was able to regain his spirits.

Obtaining the Flash's speed
Hunter was called back to S.T.A.R. Labs when Harrison and Caitlin designed their own version of Velocity-6 but Hunter was appalled that Harrison wanted him to test it on him, and outright refused and begged Caitlin not to let Barry know about it. Hunter later returned when Harrison was accidentally shot by Patty and reluctantly agreed to use the Velocity-6 to get the bullet out of Harrison’s chest, and succeeded. After Harrison woke up he thanked Hunter but Hunter told Harrison he’d never take the drug again, and that he could thank him by keeping Velocity-6 away from Barry.

Around Christmas, Zoom returned to S.T.A.R. Labs and attacked Harrison but rather than kill him he simply wished him “Marry Christmas”, and made him an offer. In exchange for stealing Barry’s speed he would return Jesse to him but Harrison needed time to decide and Zoom returned to Earth-2. Hunter later discussed how to close the breaches with Caitlin and the two begun to flirt with each other, Hunter even jokingly asking what Christmas is and waited until Caitlin was finished with her very awkward response before admitting they did have Christmas on Earth-2. When Captain Cold, The Trickster and Weather Wizard broke out of prison Hunter joined the team as they discussed how to defeat them, and Cisco admitted an idea to design a rod capable of literally sucking out the moisture in the air to cut off Weather Wizard’s powers. Hunter and Caitlin designed the rod and listened to Barry talk about his relationship troubles with Patty, and her grudge against Weather Wizard. Zoom briefly met with Harrison for an answer but Harrison didn’t have one and Zoom impatiently considered killing Harrison’s friends, but agreed to give him one more day and returned to Earth-2. Hunter later aided the team in disabling the Trickster’s bombs and attended Barry’s Christmas party and kissed Caitlin under mistletoe, starting a relationship between them. At the same time Zoom also meet with Harrison in secret near the docks for Harrisons’ answer but Harrison told Zoom he knew his plan to force Barry to increase his speed, and Zoom admitted the truth but needed his assistance. Harrison however refused to give an answer until he saw Jesse and Zoom brought Jesse to Earth-1 for a few moments to confirm her survival, but returned her back to Earth-2 in a matter of seconds. With little other choice, Harrison agreed to Zoom’s offer. Over the next few weeks, Barry had nightmares of Zoom killing his girlfriend Patty Spivot.

After the emergence of the Turtle Hunter begun to feel bad for not being able to help but Caitlin reminded him there were other ways to help, but also asked why they couldn’t just restored his speed but Hunter assured Caitlin that he’d tried everything already. Hunter aided the team in taking down Turtle by going to an art gallery party but Turtle was able to outsmart Barry. Later Hunter made up for the party’s interruption by pouring a drink for himself and Caitlin at S.T.A.R. Labs, but after they kissed Hunter went to aid Barry but Caitlin secretly studied the DNA Hunter left on his glass and learned he was dying. After Turtle was defeated Caitlin confronted Hunter about his illness and he claimed that Zoom stealing his speed caused it, but never expected to develop feelings for her but Caitlin promised that he’d find a way to restore his speed.

The next day Hunter and Caitlin discovered that Turtle had been murdered and Hunter immediately implicated Harrison, but he denied his involvement in Turtle’s death but Hunter was unconvinced. Hunter was later approached by Caitlin who told him that she had tried to find his Earth-1 counterpart but Hunter, knowing that Caitlin would look into him eventually, told her to meet him at the park. The following day Hunter took Caitlin to the part and explained that upon his arrival he tried to find his Earth-1 counterpart but couldn’t, until eventually he did and showed her the Earth-1 Hunter Zolomon. However Hunter-2 claimed that Hunter-1 had a different name to him because he was adopted by the Zolomons, but in reality since Jay Garrick was never a person on either Earth this was a lie. Zoom met with Harrison in secret when Harrison obtained 2% of Barry’s Speed Force and Zoom injected it into himself and made himself even faster but Harrison demanded Zoom give him back Jesse before he gets the rest, trying to argue that if he or she were to die he’d never get what he want. Zoom however reminded Harrison that had no power to negotiate over him and phased his hand into Harry's shoulder, reminding him that he didn’t need to kill Jesse but could torture her for days instead. Zoom told Harrison to take Barry’s speed and sped off.

Earth-2 Arrivals
After Barry decided to travel to Earth-2 to rescue Jesse with Cisco and Harrison, Hunter helped them make the jump between dimensions but warned him not to get emotionally sucked in to what he sees. However after their departure, the Speed Cannon failed and the breach became unstable behind them. However, Zoom secretly informed Cisco-2/Reverb of the trio’s arrival on Earth-2 who sent Killer Frost and Deathstorm after them. Meanwhile while trying to repair the breach Joe informed them of a metahuman attack and Hunter recognized him as Geomancer, his Earth-1 doppelganger but with no Flash there was no one to oppose him. Joe however pointed out the Velocity-6 but Hunter told Joe he wasn’t going to take it and admitted to Caitlin he has taken it before, and that was the true reason for the loss of his speed in a selfish attempt to make himself faster. However Caitlin was able to design another version, Velocity-7, which could last longer and Hunter agreed to take it. “Flash” later confronted Geomancer but before he could defeat him the Velocity-7 wore off. Hunter was tended to by Caitlin who promised to make Velocity-8 better but was worried for Barry and Cisco’s safety, but Hunter assured her they still had 24 hours left. Meanwhile on Earth-2 Zoom set up a trap using Killer Frost, Deathstorm and Reverb as bait and observed as Iris West (Earth-2), Floyd Lawton and Cisco-1 approach them. However he also saw Reverb offer Vibe a place at his side to overthrow Zoom but Flash interfered and fought the three, but was overpowered and knocked out. However, Deathstorm and Reverb impulsively continued to attack Flash while Killer Frost tried to convince them to stop. Zoom however finally showed himself and murdered Deathstorm, killing Ronnie-2 and Stein-2, then confronted Reverb for his failure and killed him too. Zoom then grabbed Frost and almost chocked her to death but was pleased that she obeyed him and left her but took Flash back to his lair. Later Zoom returned when Barry woke up as he promised Jesse he’d rescue her but Zoom sadistically reminded Barry not to make promises he couldn’t make and that his lair is the last place he’d ever see.

Zoom then went on a rampage throughout Central City leaving a wave of explosions in his wake as he gave fliers of Harrison to every police officer he encountered reading “Bring me Wells”, and left those same words on every building in a blaze of flames. Zoom eventually stormed S.T.A.R. Labs in search of Harrison and found his secret room but couldn’t find any signs of Harrison and moved on; unaware he’d been fooled by a fake wall. Zoom returned to his lair to remind a fearful Jesse that she was only alive so he could kill her in front of Harrison, and only after he’s stolen Barry’s speed after which he would die also. Back on Earth-1 Hunter was informed by Caitlin that she’d succeeded in creating Velocity-9 and was approached by Iris, asking for an interview to help calm people down and assure them there is a Flash protecting them. Though hesitant they were soon distracted by a city wide alarm and saw Geomancer on the news cause an earthquake at a nearby building, and immediately asked Caitlin to give him the V-9. After receiving it, Hunter donned Jay’s suit again and sped to the hospital and saved it’s occupants. Back on Earth-2 sped back to his lair in time to see the masked man communicating via 5 by 5 tap code with Barry, but angrily reminded the man not to speak to them then proceeded to brutally beat down Barry in a fit of rage. On Earth-1 returned in time to hear Caitlin inform him that the effects of Velocity-9 were starting to heal him. Hunter was speechless and he and Caitlin embraced in a kiss but they were distracted by the Speed Cannon malfunctioning, but Hunter and Joe were able to stabilize the breach. Zoom was later contacted by Killer Frost who’d brought Harrison, Cisco, Iris and Earth-2 Barry to his lair and returned to confront them as Earth-2 Barry escaped his cell. Zoom then grabbed Jesse and prepared to execute her as planned only for Caitlin-2 to double cross Zoom and blast him with ice beams that kept him down long enough for the others to escape. As Cisco and Jesse escape to Earth-1 through the breach, Zoom arrives at S.T.A.R. Labs and grabs Harrison, but he is able to stab Zoom with a dart as Barry takes Harrison back to Earth-1. After returning, Jay throws a device to close the last breach at the S.T.A.R. Labs breach; however, before it closes for good, Zoom reaches through and drives his arm through his double’s body, and drags him back to Earth-2. With his past self dead, Hunter looks on as the final breach shuts for good, keeping him on Earth-2. Zoom brings his double’s corpse back to his lair on Earth-2, and drops it to the ground, terrifying the masked man. He then pulls off his mask and declares his double’s death as a complication. Cisco later got a vibe of Zoom running when he touched Hunter’s helmet and after Barry witness Trajectory’s lightning turning blue, they realized that Zoom was dying and needed a cure. This combined with Cisco’s vibe lead them to believe Zoom was Jay and Cisco vibed “Jay”’s helmet and saw Zoom unmasking and came to believe that Hunter was Jay the whole time which angers Barry into believing that he stood him up the whole time.

Getting Flash's speed
When Cisco tries opening a portal to Earth-2 using his powers, Hunter senses it; he runs over to an abandoned hospital, where the breach was opening, but is disappointed when it shuts after a few seconds. Later on, Cisco re-opened the breach fully, causing Zoom to jump out of it. He fights the Flash around Central City until ending up in S.T.A.R. Labs, where images of his parents appear to haunt him. Now knowing that his foe is aware of his past, Zoom is defeated, and his mask is removed. Barry tells Hunter that he would've helped him get better had he simply asked, but Hunter retorted and believed he wouldn’t do everything and wasn't listening to reason; he simply states that he needed Caitlin to stop looking for a cure for him, as it would be temporary.

Zoom later speeds off and kidnaps Wally West, leaving the West house with a message carved into the walls; "YOUR SPEED FOR WALLY". Wally is put in Zoom's hideout on Earth-2 when Zoom gets a message from Cisco saying they'll agree to his terms. At S.T.A.R. Labs Earth-1, Zoom hands over Wally, who gets away. Harry started working on the device he used previously to get rid of all of Flash's speed. When the others ask him about Jay, Hunter says that the Jay they knew was a "time remnant" of himself, whom he killed previously; he is then asked by Barry about the man in the iron mask, and Hunter says "you wouldn't believe me if I told you". After all of Flash's speed is gone, Hunter tries to kill him, but is talked out of it by Caitlin; he then grabs Caitlin and speeds off.

Through vibing, Cisco was able to determine that Zoom had taken Caitlin back to his mountain-top lair and tried to sway her into siding with him to no avail. Undaunted, Zoom allowed her to roam freely in the lair knowing that she couldn't escape while he attended to other business. When Zoom finally did return, he found Caitlin under attack from her Earth Two counterpart Killer Frost (whom he had previously imprisoned for her disloyalty) after being tricked into breaking her (Frost) out. Wasting no time, Zoom literally ran in 'through' Caitlin (using his speed to become temporarily intangible), grabbed the icicle Frost had fired at Caitlin out of the air and ruthlessly stabbed Frost in the stomach with it, killing her instantly while sadistically remarking that he did not need her anymore. Turning to Caitlin, he warned her that if she tried to escape again, he would kill the man in the iron mask. Zoom subsequently chained Caitlin to a bed and tried again to reason with her but she would not listen. He then revealed to her his future plans; to conquer more Earths, starting with Earth-1.

Assault on Earth-1
Arriving back on Earth 1, Hunter went to CCPD, mocking Joe by greeting him as an "old friend" and declaring this city now under his control. When the cops were about to retaliate, he reminded them that their guns are useless against him. Caitlin managed to convince Hunter not to kill them and he agreed, warning that if they tried anything, they would all meet their end. Afterwards, he chained Caitlin to a desk within the Police department. When she questioned if his plan was to kill everyone, he said not everyone as he wants to spare Caitlin due to his love for her. When she asks why he needs her, he gets a flashback of his mother's death and everything that followed and states he needs her because he doesn't want to be alone ever again. Later, he met up with Rupture to see if he killed Cisco, as Hunter manged to convince Dante's doppelganger that Vibe had killed his brother Reverb. Rupture failed but when he said would find him and get justice, Zoom told him to wait for now as he needed him to set an example and ordered him to go to Jitters and kill people. After he left, Hunter sensed Caitlin's disapproval with his plan and she then asked if he wore the mask to scare people. This prompted another flashback of his rehabilitation back on his Earth and his desperation to convince his doctors that he wasn't a monster. However, it appears he moved past that as he coldly reminded Caitlin in his demonic voice that she said he was "nothing but a monster" then speeded off. Caitlin managed to get a phone and warn Team Flash of what is to come at Jitters. Utilizing that information, they set up trap for Rupture, using the Flash hologram to distract him and then depowering him with the Boot. The victory was short lived as Hunter saw the news report of Rupture's failure and quickly deduced that Caitlin had betrayed him by telling Team Flash his plan. She reminded him that he didn't keep his promise of sparing lives, and Zoom declared darkly that they were even then and speeded off to Jitters.

Once arriving there, he demonstrated his immense speed by snapping the neck of every camera man and cop in the vicinity in mere seconds, sparing only Joe and Captain Singh due to his affection to Caitlin. When Barry came in as Zoom throttled Singh for going against their agreement of not trying anything against him, Barry told him he proved enough. Hunter wasn't done however and after tossing Singh aside, he fatally stabbed Rupture with his claws and declared him just as worthless as his brother. Taking a camera, he told everyone watching that there was no Flash, just a hologram and that nothing can save them now from him taking over the city. Having made his point, he speeded off. When Barry was trying to get his speed back by recreating the particle accelerator explosion, Hunter watched a bolt of lightning strike Star Labs and grew angry at the possibility his enemy would return. He quickly ran off to try to stop the return of The Flash. However, when he arrived, it appeared that Barry had died. He mocked Team Flash for trying to bring back their beloved hero, instead killing him. Satisfied, Hunter speeded off.

Shortly after this, he started bringing meta-humans from Earth-2 over to Earth-1, in the hopes of conquering this world. He gathers them all up at the Central City Police Department, and talks to Caitlin, who is in a forensics lab. He gives her a choice; stay here and live, or run away to Team Flash, which would force him to kill them. He then puts on his Zoom mask and gives a speech to the meta-humans, as this is now their world. He expressed satisfaction in hearing them chanting "Our world!" over and over.

The Final Battle
TBC

At an unknown point in April 2016, Barry fought Zoom, causing him to miss the funeral of Laurel Lance.

Personality
As noted by "Harry" Wells, Zoom is obsessed with speed and has actually set a goal for himself to steal away the speed of every speedster in the multi-verse. He has been known to make anyone under his control do things that are out of character, as he was able to make a simple thief like Linda Park become a killer.

The most-notable feature about him is that he's extremely-terrifying, able to intimidate anyone into doing his bidding with "minimal" effort; Jay Garrick even admitted that he deliberately avoided confronting him several times because he was scared of him to the point of being called a "demon with the face of death". His fear manipulation has allowed him to make meta-humans with powers superior to his, such as Al Rothstein/Atom-Smasher and aforementioned Linda Park, do what he tells them to; though they had the power to fight back, Zoom was able to make them feel powerless before him.

In the episode "Enter Zoom", he was shown to be rather egotistical; after defeating Flash in combat, he proceeded to run around Central City with his helpless body in tow like a hunting trophy, showing him to the Central City Picture News and then the police department while making a speech about how Flash is nothing compared to him.

He has shown multiple signs of sadistic prowess in a fashion similar to Michael Myers from the Halloween movies, toying with his victims at any chance possible. In "Running to Stand Still", he toyed with Harry by running around S.T.A.R. Labs and terrifying him instead of facing him instantly. In "Potential Energy", Harry told Cisco the story of how Zoom got his name and existence established, which was a situation where he faked a hostage situation, only to then mercilessly slaughter all the police officers at the scene except one, letting him go to tell everyone what happened just now. The next night, he murdered the cop.

Despite being the evil maniac that he is, Zoom is not without patience, as he carefully plans multiple situations well ahead of time without fault. He could long-term map out his plan to "fatten up" Barry until he's so fast that he can absorb his speed and become the fastest man in the multi-verse; to make sure it works, he gets together contingency plans, such as forcing Harry to help him in exchange for the safe return of his daughter Jesse.

It is later revealed that the only reason he is obsessed with speed is due to the fact that it can cure his dying body. He also pretends to be a hero like Flash, so as to "Give people hope.....so that i can rip it away from them."

Powers

 * Speed-Based Powers: Zoom has shown that he is incredibly-powerful. The full extent of his power has so far been shown during his battle with Barry in "Enter Zoom". He naturally has the same abilities as Barry, though with his usage of the Velocity drug, his powers have been artificially enhanced. Through the absorption of Barry's powers, his powers may have further enhanced as well, beyond his artificial enhancements. Unlike Barry, Jay and Eobard, whose speed is emphasized by red/yellow lightning coming off of them, Zoom's lightning is light-blue, which is visible even when he's not using his speed.
 * Superhuman Speed: Zoom is perhaps the fastest speedster in the Arrow-verse. Having been able to successfully avoid a loss from Jay Garrick and Barry Allen multiple times, he is stated to be capable of exceeding light-speed (299,792,458 m/s), which could explain why he can go through the breaches between Earth-2 and Earth-1. He even managed to overpower Barry's epeed in their first encounter.
 * Electrokinesis: In "Enter Zoom", he was able to actually catch a bolt of lightning thrown by Barry in mid-air, then throw it back at him with greater force. His body produces so much electricity, that even when he is not utilizing his powers, electricity is still flowing all around his body. His electricity is blue due to his artificial enhancements to his natural super-speed powers.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: Zoom's reaction time is augmented due to his powers, able to easily accomplish winning a battle with minimal effort. Even Barry Allen was unable to beat him despite all his powers and training he received from Eobard Thawne. His reaction time has also allowed him to catch numerous bullets fired at him by multiple cops all at the same time, then dropping them to the ground to emphasize his superiority.
 * Superhuman Stamina: While utilizing his speed-based abilities, he tires at an extremely slowed rate, even with his accelerated metabolism.
 * Inter-dimensional travel: Somehow, Zoom was able to go through breaches between Earth-1 and Earth-2, which are invisible unless he runs through them. In "Welcome to Earth-2", Barry used devices to destroy the breaches, preventing Zoom from coming over. In "Versus Zoom", Cisco re-opened a breach, allowing him to return.
 * Time Travel: He has used this ability to retrieve his time remnant "Jay Garrick" in order to help him with his plans.
 * Accelerated Healing Factor: His natural super-speed powers allowed him the same healing rate as Barry's body. However, after injecting himself with the Velocity 9, his regenerative powers were enhanced to the point where it is remarkably faster than Barry's "Healing Factor". In "Enter Zoom", he and Barry wound up flung several hundred feet into the air and then fell back to the ground, but Zoom was apparently unharmed by this. After Absorbing Barry's super-speed based powers, it is likely that his "Healing Factor" has further enhanced to the point of curing his dying body.
 * Longevity: Zoom, like Barry, has a greatly extend lifespan, bordering on ageless immortality. This is made possible due to the constant rejuvenation of his cells by his "Healing Factor".
 * Phasing: In "Escape from Earth-2", Zoom was able to walk through walls and glass with ease by vibrating his molecules to match the resonate frequency of these solid surfaces. He also phased his arm through Jay Garrick's back and made it protrude from his chest before pulling back through to Earth-2.
 * Enhanced Strength: Due to the immense energies his body produces, Zoom has displayed a degree of enhanced strength. He was able to lift Barry & carry him effortlessly throughout Central City. He was also able to paralyze Barry with just one well placed physical strike.

Abilities

 * Master tactician/Manipulator: Zoom was able to easily elude Jay Garrick for over two years outside of occasional battles, all while being able to plan events long-term. Always seeming to be one step ahead of his enemies, Zoom could easily tell a foe's movements without fault. He could successfully manipulate other meta-humans with superior powers to his to do his bidding, such as Al Rothstein and Linda Park (Earth-2).
 * Master hand-to-hand combatant: He is able to easily defeat his foes with his powers in conjunction with his impressive hand-to-hand combat skills. In "Enter Zoom", he fought Barry with minimal effort, easily beating him to near-death without any signs on slipping up or making a mistake. His claws also seem to help with his powers, able to slice into his enemies with their ferocity, sharpness and strength.

Weaknesses

 * Velocity 9 (Formerly): While he was empowered by the Velocity 9 in his system, he may have gained a significant increase in his powers, but at the cost of cellular degeneration. It is possible that this was slowed by his "Healing Factor", though he knew his healing was not able to hold it off for long. After gaining Barry's super-speed based powers, he no longer suffers from cellular degeneration, even though his body still has the Velocity 9's artificial enhancements.
 * Psychological Trauma: He suffers from severe PSTD, likely due to his rough upbringing in orphanages & watching his father kill his mother in front of him. Whenever Caitlin Snow calls him a "Monster", he suffers from a small episode of extreme psychological trauma. When Barry used his past to his advantage, Zoom not only suffered small episodes of extreme psychological trauma, but also lost his focus & tactical / rational thinking, which in turn made him easily predictable, momentarily stunned & more feral, thus allowing Barry to capitalize by trapping him.
 * Extreme Cold Temperatures: For every speedster low temperatures are a problem as it slows them down and can weaken their super-speed. It is proven Zoom possess this weakness when Killer Frost used her ice-based powers to stall him long enough for Team Flash to escape.

Season 2

 * "The Man Who Saved Central City"
 * "Flash of Two Worlds"
 * "Family of Rouges"
 * "The Darkness and the Light"
 * "Enter Zoom" (as Zoom)
 * "Gorilla Warfare" (flashback; as Zoom)
 * "Legends of Today"
 * "Running to Stand Still"
 * "Potential Energy"
 * "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
 * "Fast Lane" (as Zoom)
 * "Welcome to Earth-2"
 * "Escape from Earth-2"
 * "King Shark"
 * "Trajectory" (vision)
 * "Versus Zoom"
 * "Back to Normal"
 * "Rupture"
 * "The Runaway Dinosaur"

Quotes
"Heroes die!"

- Zoom to Barry

"Here's your Flash!"

- Zoom to the people that love Barry, after showing the latter brutally defeated

"Merry Christmas!"

- Zoom to Harrison Wells

"Never forget, I'm the fastest man alive!"

"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep, Flash. Look around; this is the last place you will ever see."

- Zoom to Flash after capturing him

Trivia

 * Zoom is currently the fastest speedster on the show, even proving himself to be faster than Barry Allen's arch-nemesis, Eobard Thawne. The fact that he is the true "fastest man alive" was even confirmed by "Jay Garrick" himself during the episode "Flash of Two Worlds".


 * Much like with Reverse-Flash, Zoom's identity prior to the episode "King Shark" had been debated since his debut, with no-one able to tell who he really is. However, unlike Reverse-Flash, whose primary suspects were Eddie Thawne and Harrison Wells (prior to him being revealed to really be Eobard Thawne), there was almost no hints towards Zoom's identity at all. Prior to "Welcome to Earth-2", it was believed that he was the Earth-2 version of Barry Allen. Other suspects were the Earth-2 versions of Joe West, Henry Allen, Eddie Thawne or even Oliver Queen despite the fact that Earth-2 Oliver was confirmed dead in "Enter Zoom". It was however speculated from "The Reverse-Flash Returns" that Jay could have been Zoom due to his doppelganger being Hunter Zolomon on Earth-1, who traditionally is Zoom. In the end, it is revealed that Zoom is a future version of Hunter Zolomon from Earth-2.
 * Zoom is very similar to Sylar in the science-fiction superhero TV series Heroes; they are both super-powered villains who have been stated to be the most-powerful character in their respective shows, and attain this reputation by stealing the powers of fellow super-powered people (though Zoom only targets those with Speed Force).
 * The apparent reason for casting Tony Todd to voice Zoom was that the show's creators wanted to do something different, as they simply had Tom Cavangh (Eobard Thawne) distort his voice. They even compared their portrayal of Zoom to the iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader, who had an iconic voice but separate actor in the armor.
 * Zoom's blue lightning gives a similar impression to the DC comics character Malcolm Thawne/Cobalt Blue, Barry Allen's twin-brother who acquired a gem capable of stealing Barry's speed.
 * Zoom's eyes have been changed. In a previous version seen in trailers and in the Season 2 premiere when Cisco had a vision of him, his eyes were glowing blue. The current version has black eyes, presumably to prevent repetitiveness, as Eobard Thawne had glowing red eyes when he used his powers.
 * Zoom's supposed ability to steal the speed of other speedster has by now been proven false as he needs the help of the Earth-2 Wells to do so. This has been further backed up by Jay Garrick's admittance that he lost his speed due to an over-reliance on the Velocity drugs.
 * Before "King Shark", Zoom was played by an Australian stunt man rather than Teddy Sears.

Earth-1

 * Albert Rothstein (Indirectly Caused)
 * Erik Larkin (Indirectly Caused)
 * Henry Allen
 * 8 Central City Police Department officers

Earth-2

 * 23 unnamed people (as a human)
 * Albert Rothstein/Atom-Smasher (Caused)
 * Eddie Slick/Sand Demon (Caused)
 * Ronnie Raymond/Deathstorm
 * Martin Stein/Deathstorm
 * Cisco Ramon/Reverb
 * "Jay Garrick" (Hunter's time remnant)
 * Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost
 * Dante Ramon/Rupture
 * 23 Central City residents
 * 15 Central City Police Department officers
 * 4 S.T.A.R. Labs security guards
 * Numerous unnamed people