Upon arrival, the team is captured and held in cells within , a hidden kingdom of highly intelligent, sentient apes. Grodd reveals he lured them there to use Barry to overthrow the city’s current leader, Solovar , who Grodd claims wants to invade Earth-1. Key Events
: Barry is forced into a gladiatorial fight against Solovar. Despite Solovar's strength, Barry wins by using a "reverse flash phase punch" but refuses to kill him. [S3E13] Attack on Gorilla City
In the first part of a two-episode event, Jesse Quick arrives from Earth-2 to inform Team Flash that her father, , has been abducted by Gorilla Grodd. Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, and Julian Albert travel to Earth-2 to rescue him, hoping that stopping Grodd will also prevent a future gorilla invasion of Central City that Barry saw in a vision. Upon arrival, the team is captured and held
: To escape, Caitlin freezes Barry’s body to simulate death. A mourning Grodd discards Barry’s "corpse," allowing Barry to wake up, free the team, and rescue Harry. Despite Solovar's strength, Barry wins by using a