Ray Palmer (Arrowverse)

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Ray Palmer
The Flash
  • June 15, 2022
    • Based on
    Adapted by
    Portrayed byBrandon Routh
    Jack Fisher (young)
    Voiced byBrandon Routh
    In-universe information
    Full nameRaymond Carson Palmer
    AliasThe Atom
    Colonel Cold[a]
    NicknameHaircut, Boy Scout[b]
    Squire[c]
    SpeciesHuman
    GenderMale
    TitleSir Raymond of the Palms, Defender of Camelot
    OccupationBusinessman
    AffiliationLegends of Tomorrow (former)
    Team Arrow (former)
    WeaponExosuit "The Atom"
    Family
    • David Palmer (father)
    • Sandy Palmer (mother)
    • Sydney Palmer (brother)
    Spouse
    Kendra Saunders (ex-fiancé)
    RelativesBryce (4th great-grandniece)
    HomeStar City, Washington, US
    NationalityAmerican

    Dr. Raymond Carson "Ray" Palmer, also known by his superhero alias

    The Calm",[1] of the television series Arrow, based on the character of the same name, created by Gardner Fox, Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson,[2] and adapted for television by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg.[3] The character has been portrayed by Brandon Routh in all shows.[4]

    This version of The Atom has also appeared in live-action series such as

    Nora Darhk.[6][7]

    Concept and creation

    Brandon Routh speaking at the 2016 WonderCon in Los Angeles, California

    Justice League of America, played by John Kassir.[12]

    Brandon Routh, as Ray Palmer, made his

    season 7 of the Legends show's 100th episode.[22]

    Characterization

    On July 7, 2014,

    The Man in the Yellow Tie.[38]

    Fictional character biography

    Early life

    Ray was born in 1981 to David and Sandy Palmer in

    Slade Wilson
    's siege on the city, resulting to the death of his fiancé. He then promised to avenge her death, by finding a way to save his city from ever having to face a similar danger again.

    Becoming The Atom

    Further information:
    The Flash (season 1)

    In late 2014, he met

    Arrow-impersonator
    attacked them, killing the Mayor. Ray saved Felicity from being shot, but is shot himself. He is rushed to the hospital, where he used his nano-tech to save himself.

    To improve the A.T.O.M. exosuit, Ray and Felicity travelled to

    Tina McGee
    , with the heroes saving her.

    Back in Starling City, his dating with Felicity didn't progress, while he also joined Team Arrow, with Oliver asking his help, to capture a metahuman, named Jake Simmons. Ray couldn't stop the villain, and was criticized by Oliver for not taking things seriously. They eventually defeated him, and Ray met with Cisco to talk about the metahuman, discovering that he wasn't in Central City during the particle accelerator explosion, thus he obtained his powers differently. During the League of Assassins bio-terrorism attack to Starling City, he and Felicity were able to contain the virus. The next day, Ray implanted his nano-tech into his suit, which would allow it to miniaturize selected targets and reduce the scale of the suit itself. This caused this office to explode, leaving Ray to be presumed dead. However, he survived the explosion, though shrunken to the size of an atom. Despite this, Starling City was renamed as Star City in honor of his heroism and vision.

    Captured by H.I.V.E.

    Further information:
    Arrow (season 4)

    Six months later,

    Andy
    .

    Aiding Vixen

    Further information:
    Vixen (season 2)

    When

    Eshu
    , and succeeded.

    Working with the Legends

    Stopping Vandal Savage's plan

    Further information:
    Legends of Tomorrow (season 1)

    In January 2016, Ray helped

    John Diggle, Jr / Connor Hawke / Green Arrow and helped him defeat Grant Wilson / Deathstroke
    . Following their victory, he asked Kendra out, but she refused.

    Sometime later, the Waverider was attacked by time pirates. As the ship was damaged, Ray went to fix it, and while doing it, he had cardiac arrest, but Kendra performed CPR and revived him. The pirates, with the assistance of Mick, almost won, but the team defeated them, and placed Mick in a containment cell. Kendra kissed Ray, revealing her feelings for him. With the team reorganized, they went to Harmony Falls,

    Kasnia, in an effort of stopping Savage from rising to power. In the future, Ray found his suit display, and a woman he believed was a descended of his, Dr. Bryce, but it was actually his brother's. The team failed on their mission, and attracted the attention of the Time Masters, and had sent their assassins after them. They went to hide in the year of 1871, in the town Salvation, in the Old West, where they met with Jonah Hex
    . Hex revealed to them that he knew of the existence of time travellers, and asked for help to defeat a gang that was terrorising the city. The team at first didn't agree, with Ray being the sole one to take action, but as they show his bravery they joined him, and stopped them. But, the assassins arrived, and the two sides fought, with the Legends coming victorious. With the assassins defeated, the Time Masters ordered The Pilgrim, an elite hunter, to initiate Omega Protocol, which was a process in which she would kill a past version of the offender, thus erasing them from existence. After Ray was wounded, he proposed to Kendra, and she accepted. Eventually, the team managed to defeat the Pilgrim.

    Rip decided to take the team to the year 2166, during the reign of Savage, to stop him from killing his family. There, they were attacked by a giant robot, Leviathan, with Ray becoming as tall as the robot, destroying it. Ray discovered that the robot's technology was from the future, Rip wanted to take Savage to the Time Masters, for illegal time travel. The Waverider took them to the Vanishing Point, the headquarters of the Masters. In the Point, they found out that the Time Masters were aiding Savage, while also revealing that they didn't have free will. The team schemed, and were able to destroy the Vanishing Point, with Leonard sacrificing himself, gaining their free will back. After the event, Rip returned the members of the team in 2016, five months after he recruited them. Ray didn't like fact that they never finished their mission, and went to Mick, who he convinced to finish it. With the help of Martin, they created a time beacon, and summoned the Waverider. Then, they went to

    Rex Tyler
    warning them not to leave.

    Defeating the Legion of Doom

    Further information:
    Legends of Tomorrow (season 2) and Invasion! (Arrowverse)

    Ray and the team had numerous missions, such as protecting the

    Leonard Snart's cold gun to fight them off. The team left, but when a younger version of Martin was stabbed, they rushed him to the Waverider, saving him. Ray and the team found out that Darhk wanted to kill the President and the Soviet delegation, triggering a war, using a bomb. Ray froze the bomb with his gun, and the Legends left victorious. Then the team travelled to the Old West, to stop another aberration. Working with Jonah Hex
    , they fixed it, and Ray took some dwarf star alloy, and remade his ATOM suit.

    At some point,

    Earth-38. When Barry revealed to the heroes that he changed the timeline, Ray was among the ones who were angry at him, but forgave him. When he was captured by the aliens, he was placed in a fantasy reality, where he was friends with the Queen family, and was invited to Oliver's wedding to Laurel
    , when he bumped into Sara and seemed to spark some memories of being teammates aboard the Waverider. Eventually, they escaped and joined the other heroes, and defeated the Dominators.

    Afterwards, Waverider detected an aberration in 1927, Chicago, where

    Hunter Zolomon / Black Flash, erasing Ray's death from ever happening. The team sent Merlyn and Darhk back to the moment they were taken, deleting their memories of the events. After that, they decided to go to Aruba
    to celebrate, but they crush landed in Los Angeles of the present, where dinosaurs attacked them.

    Defeating Mallus

    Further information:
    Legends of Tomorrow (season 3) and Crisis on Earth-X

    As the Legends tried to figure out how to fix the now disheveled timeline, the Time Bureau intervened and saved the timeline. The Time Bureau was headed by

    Nora. Afterwards, they went fix other anachronisms in 1937, Hollywood, and in 1967, Vietnam
    , caused by Darhk.

    Ray was contacted by

    Martin
    was killed, something that broke him. He and the other heroes faced the Nazis and managed to defeat them. After the battle, Ray and the heroes attended Martin's funeral.

    After that, they went to fix an anachronism in

    Beebo
    , defeating Mallus in his true form, with Rip and Darhk sacrificing themselves. After the battle, John told them that a new danger was looming, that were released from Mallus's realm throughout time.

    Defeating Neron

    Further information:
    Legends of Tomorrow (season 4)

    During the next days, Ray and the team hunted magical fugitives, in

    Neron, and removed him from a person's body he had possessed, only for him to possess Ray instead. Neron was about to kill Nate, but Ray told him that he can have full control of his body, if he let Nate go. Neron agreed, and Ray was sent to Hell. He was sent to be tortured by Vandal Savage
    , but the two of them ended their rivalry. Eventually, John and Nora found him, and was returned to the real world, but in the form of a coin. When Neron broke his promise not to hurt Nate, John managed to kill Neron by managing to return Ray to his body. Ray cried over Nate's death, but the team managed to bring him back with the help of magical creatures.

    Multiversal crisis

    Further information: Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)

    On December 10, 2019, Ray and

    Beebo
    , defeating him. Later, Ray and the rest found out that the Anti-Monitor had returned, and they created a devise to send him in the Microverse, doing so, winning him.

    Leaving the Legends

    Further information:
    P.O.W. (The Flash)

    After the crisis, the Legends tried to cheer up

    Nora, which she accepted and the two got married. The team found out that to stop the encores, they had to stop the Looms. They first went to 1594, to William Shakespeare, who had the first piece of the Loom. They failed, and as a result Shakespeare never aired Romeo and Juliet
    . The Legends aired it instead, and then Ray realised that he and Nora had to leave the team to live a peaceful life. An emotional Ray announced to the team their decision to leave the Waverider. Ray and Nora packed their things and left for 2020.

    At some point, he provided nanites to

    August Heart / Godspeed
    .

    Re-assembling the former Legends

    Further information: Arrowverse § Earth-Prime #3

    Due to his

    Zari Tarazi
    's Totem with her, and Ray felt that the Legends were not in danger, and did not continue to stop the fractures.

    After 27 years, in 2049, the whole team of Legends, including former members, were enjoying a discussion between them, when suddenly they all disappeared in a green light.

    Attending the CCTC

    Further information:
    Armageddon (The Flash)

    Ray arrived in

    wife. During an interview with Iris, Despero
    attacked the event, with putting on his ATOM suit and with the assistance of Barry, defeated him. After the fight, Ray realized that there was a middle ground between his normal life and his life as the Atom, deciding to create a non-profit organization to fund young scientists named after Chester's father, leaving the city.

    Helping Team Flash

    Further information:
    The Flash (season 8)

    After some time, while he was working in the "Quincy P. Runk Foundation",

    Nate
    told him about his death as a fixed point protector.

    Stopping Magog

    Further information: Arrowverse § Earth-Prime #6

    After his vanishment, with the rest of the

    Magog and his team of villains. Ray and the rest of the heroes defeated them. Afterwards, he went to the Hall of Justice, where Oliver Queen / Spectre
    informed the team that there was a greater threat coming.

    Appearances

    Routh has appeared in five out of the seven Arrowverse TV series, and in one of the two animated series.

    Reception

    ComicBook.com stated that it would hurt the fictional team, and the show itself.[48]

    Awards and nominations

    Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
    2019 Teen Choice Awards
    Choice TV Actor: Action
    		 Legends of Tomorrow Nominated [49]

    See also

    Notes

    1. season 2 of Legends of Tomorrow, while using Captain Cold
      's gun.
    2. Mick Rory
    3. ^ Called by John Constantine
    4. ^ As revealed in the Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019)
    5. Legends of Tomorrow finale
      .
    6. 7 of Legends of Tomorrow
      .

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