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cousin Chloe Sullivan, whom he ultimately marries. In the series finale, Oliver serves as the best man at Clark and Lois' wedding service, and Chloe is shown to have a son in the future, who is implied to be Oliver's. "Smallville Season Eleven", a comic book continuation of the show, reveals he is Oliver's son; Jonathan Queen, named after Clark's adoptive father. On January 18, 2012, The CW green-lit a pilot for a proposed Green Arrow series with Greg
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Emiko Queen


of Oliver Queen from The CW series "Arrow". While Emiko originally addresses herself as the new Green Arrow before joining her brother's crusade, it is not until later during DC Rebirth that, after her apparent betrayal, Emiko would return and take on her own codename as Red Arrow, one previously held by Roy Harper during his membership in the Justice League in the Pre-Flashpoint era. Emiko is the paternal half-sister of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow who is the illegitimate daughter of his father Robert Queen and
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"Handsome Harry", a drama. He played speechwriter Mark Salter in the political film "Game Change". In fall 2011, Sheridan played Vice President William Walden in the first season of Showtime's drama/thriller "Homeland"; the show was renewed for a second season consisting of 12 episodes, with Sheridan returning as a regular. In the fall of 2012, Sheridan signed on to play a recurring role on CW's "Arrow", playing Oliver Queen's father who sacrificed himself so that his son could
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skills and tactics eerily match his own. In January 2019, The CW renewed the show for an eighth season, and later in March, it was announced this would serve as the final season of the series, consisting of ten episodes . Oliver Queen has made multiple appearances in the Arrowverse series "The Flash", once again played by Stephen Amell. In the pilot, Barry Allen returns to Starling City after gaining super speed and receives advice from Oliver about whether he could be a hero or just 'some guy who
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The CW renewed the show for a sixth season, in which its storyline deals with his careers, marriage, fatherhood, and feud with crime lord Ricardo Diaz. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the show for a seventh season, with a new storyline involving Oliver being incarcerated after being outed as Green Arrow. In addition to his old enemies seeking revenge against him now that they know who he is and continued feud with Diaz, Oliver deals with a mysterious archer who has usurped the Green Arrow name and has
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with "Daemon's TV". On November 9, 2011, Amell was announced for the recurring role of Scottie, a paramedic on ABC's "Private Practice". He also played the role of Travis McKenna in Blue Mountain State In January 2012, Amell was cast as Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow in The CW series "Arrow". This series and role led to Amell appearing as the character on other superhero series on the network as part of the growing Arrowverse on shows such as "The Flash",
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Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)


appear in the series "Earth 2", as a World Army member named Red Arrow who assists the Wonders in the war with Darkseid. Outside of comics, multiple versions of Connor appear in The CW's Arrowverse, where he has been both a biological and an adopted son of John Diggle, rather than Oliver's. Another loose adaptation of the story, which involves Oliver discovering he has an illegitimate son named William Clayton, is also depicted on "Arrow". Connor Hawke met Oliver Queen after Oliver came to stay
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


Oliver Queen, also known by his alter-ego Green Arrow, is a fictional character in The CW's Arrowverse franchise, first introduced in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series "Arrow". The character is based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp and was adapted for television in 2012 by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Oliver Queen has been continually portrayed by Stephen Amell, with Jacob Hoppenbrouwer portraying a young Oliver. In the series, Oliver
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be in consideration at the network. In 2011, Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, and Greg Berlanti began developing "Arrow", a re-imagining of the DC Comics comic book character Green Arrow for The CW. In January 2012, The CW picked the project up to pilot. On January 31, 2012, actor Stephen Amell was cast in the title role of Oliver Queen/Arrow. On May 11, 2012, The CW order "Arrow" to series. It premiered on October 10, 2012. In July
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Celina Jade


, Jade was cast to play the recurring role of Shado (Oliver Queen's martial arts teacher & girlfriend) in The CW series "Arrow", a TV Show based on the DC Comics Green Arrow. She appeared in eighteen episodes over the first two seasons, before reappearing as Shado's twin sister Mei for two episodes of season three and 1 episode in season 4. In 2015, Jade starred opposite Asian action star Tony Jaa, Dolph Lundgren and Ron Perlman in “Skin Trade” as the leading lady. Shortly
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Lian Yu (Arrow)


"Lian Yu" is the twenty-third and final episode of the fifth season, and 115th episode overall of The CW series "Arrow". The episode was written by showrunners Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim and directed by Jesse Warn. It was first broadcast on May 24, 2017, on The CW. The finale revolves about Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who is now in a desperate search for his son William, who has been kidnapped by Adrian Chase (Josh Segarra). Chase has gathered an army
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Pilot (Arrow)


realistic vision to the character, which translated into a functional costume and no superpowers being featured. The pilot became the highest rated show on The CW in three years. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who generally cited Amell's performance as a highlight. The episode was nominated for various awards, winning three. Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is found on a remote Mandarin Pacific island of Lian Yu, having been shipwrecked for five years. Oliver is welcomed back home to Starling City by his mother Moira, stepfather Walter Steele
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Green Arrow (Arrow episode)


"Green Arrow" is the fourth-season premiere and seventieth overall episode, of The CW series "Arrow". Based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, the series follows the story of billionaire vigilante Oliver Queen, (Stephen Amell), who returns home after five years supposedly stranded on a Pacific island. At the start of the fourth season, the character is attempting to start a new life away from vigilantism in Ivy Town, alongside girlfriend Felicity Smoak, (Emily Bett Rickards). The episode marks the
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Arrow (TV series)


2006 to 2011, on The CW, the producers decided to start clean and find a new actor to portray the character. "Arrow" focuses on the humanity of Oliver Queen, and how he was changed by the 5 years he was presumably shipwrecked on an island. Most episodes in the first five seasons have flashback scenes to the five years in which Oliver was missing. During season seven, flash-forward scenes twenty years ahead focus on Oliver's children William and Mia. "Arrow" has received generally positive reviews
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Arrow (season 8)


CW renewed "Arrow" for an eighth season. On March 6, 2019, it was announced that it would be the final season of the series, with an abbreviated ten-episode order. Stephen Amell, who stars as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, had approached series co-creator Greg Berlanti towards the end of the sixth season about "moving on" following the expiration of his contract at the end of the seventh season. He had hoped that the series could continue without him, but Berlanti and showrunners Marc
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Merlyn (DC Comics)


under the name Malcolm Merlyn. Created by Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams, and Dick Dillin, Merlyn made his debut in "Justice League of America" #94 in November 1971. In 2012, The CW's live-action TV show "Arrow" introduced Malcolm Merlyn as the first season's main antagonist, and his son Tommy Merlyn as Oliver Queen's best friend, a concept that would later be integrated into the comics. John Barrowman, who portrays Malcolm Merlyn in the series, and his sister Carole have written
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The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak


"The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" is the fifth episode of the third season, and fifty-first overall episode, of the CW series "Arrow". Based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, the series follows the story of billionaire vigilante Oliver Queen, (Stephen Amell), who returns home after five years supposedly stranded on a Pacific island, featuring flashback sequences to his time away. The episode is notable as the first "Arrow" episode to feature flashback sequences centered entirely on a character other than
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Thea Queen


Thea Dearden Queen, also known as Speedy, is a fictional character portrayed by Willa Holland on The CW television series "Arrow", created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. She is the maternal half-sister of series protagonist Oliver Queen / Green Arrow. Although an original creation to the series, she adopts elements from the DC Comics superhero Mia Dearden / Speedy, created by writer Kevin Smith and artist Phil Hester. Holland was a main cast member on "Arrow" from its first season until
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Flash vs. Arrow


"Flash vs. Arrow" is the inaugural Arrowverse crossover event, broadcast on The CW, featuring episodes of the Arrowverse television series "The Flash" and "Arrow". The event began on December 2, 2014, with "The Flash" episode "Flash vs. Arrow" and concluded the next day with the "Arrow" episode "The Brave and The Bold". The crossover sees Team Flash (Barry Allen / Flash, Caitlin Snow, and Cisco Ramon) helping Team Arrow (Oliver Queen / Arrow, Felicity
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Shado (comics)


Emiko. A reimagined version of Shado appeared as a recurring character on The CW show "Arrow", played by Celina Jade. In this version, she is neither Oliver's rapist nor the mother of his sister, but his lover and first teacher as an archer whose death haunts him in his later career as Green Arrow. Shado first appears in "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters" in 1987. Her backstory tells that she is the daughter of a Yakuza agent sent to America with a large cache of gold,
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character on "Constantine", a show that was initially not depicted as existing in the shared universe created by The CW series, saying, "The reason that I was going to guest star on "Constantine", at least the idea that we were throwing around was [Constantine's] an expert when it comes to the Lazarus Pit, which is now something that is a part of and will continue to be a part of "Arrow"." Amell stated that, even though "Constantine" was not renewed
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Arrow (season 6)


from "". The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 14, 2018. section begin=Episodes /section end=Episodes / On January 8, 2017, The CW renewed "Arrow" for a sixth season. This was the final season to feature Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle as showrunners. The fifth season finale ended with Oliver Queen and William Clayton witnessing the island Lian Yu explode as a result of Adrian Chase shooting himself, a dead man's switch, with many of Oliver's allies still
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Doppelganger (Arrow)


"Doppelganger" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season, and 130th episode overall of The CW series "Arrow". The episode sees the return of former main character Roy Harper (Colton Haynes). It also sees the return of Thea donning her Speedy suit since the ninth episode of the fifth season. The episode stars Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen) who is joined by fellow main cast members David Ramsey (John Diggle), Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak), Katie Cassidy (Black Siren), Paul
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series Green Arrow. Stephen Amell portrays Oliver Queen in the series. It premiered in North America on October 10, 2012, and was picked up for a full season later that month. On February 11, 2013, "Arrow" was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 9, 2013. On February 13, 2014, The CW renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on October 8, 2014. On January 11, 2015, "Arrow" was renewed for a 23-episode fourth season
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Janina Gavankar


"Dollhouse", "Three Rivers", and "The League", as well as indie movies "Men, Interrupted", "Indian Gangster", and "". Gavankar played the voice of Nikki in "Quantum Quest". She landed a lead role in "The Gates", since cancelled, on ABC. She appears on CW's "Arrow" as a vice squad police officer and brief girlfriend to Oliver Queen. Gavankar is an admitted gamer and has appeared on, as well as co-
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Haunted (Arrow)


27, 2015. "Haunted" was first aired in the United States on The CW on November 4, 2015 and was watched by 2.60 million viewers with a 1.1/4 share among adults aged 18 to 49. The episode received positive reviews from critics. On Lian Yu, Oliver Queen is taken by Conklin to see Baron Reiter, his superior. Reiter has captured John Constantine, a sorcerer who has come to the island in search of the Orb of Horus. Constantine escapes with Oliver, and forces him to help locate the
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Pilot (Arrow)


The pilot episode of the television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 10, 2012. It was written by series developers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, and directed by David Nutter. The episode introduces Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), a billionaire playboy, his mother Moira Queen (Susanna Thompson), sister Thea (Willa Holland), new bodyguard John Diggle (David Ramsey), best friend Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell), ex-girlfriend Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), and
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Roy Harper (comics)


kicks him and Hogue falls to the ground to his death. Colton Haynes portrays Roy Harper in The CW TV series "Arrow", the character's first live-action appearance. Roy first appears in episode fifteen of season one, "Dodger", as a pickpocket who steals Thea Queen's purse. However, they fall in love after he gets caught and start dating, though their relationship is on and off. After Oliver Queen saves his life from a killer in the episode "Salvation", he gains an
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Arrow (TV series)


Arrow is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 10, 2012, with international broadcasting taking place in late 2012 and primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. "Arrow" follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen
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The Dragon (Arrow)


"The Dragon" is the nineteenth episode of the sixth season, and 134th episode overall of The CW series "Arrow". Unlike most "Arrow" episodes, and as the promotional pictures released prior to its airing hinted, "The Dragon" features minimal participation from the main cast members. Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen), Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak) and Echo Kellum (Curtis Holt) are only briefly seen as the plot focuses on main antagonist Ricardo Diaz's (Kirk Acevedo) quest of becoming a
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Arrow (season 3)


The third season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 8, 2014, and concluded on May 13, 2015, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal
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Arrow (season 2)


The second season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 10, 2013, and concluded on May 14, 2014, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal
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Arrow (season 7)


The seventh season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 15, 2018, and concluded on May 13, 2019, with a total of 22 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunner for this season was Beth Schwartz. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members David Ramsey as John
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Arrow (season 8)


The eighth and final season of the American television series "Arrow" is set to premiere on The CW on October 15, 2019, and consist of 10 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunner for this season will be Marc Guggenheim and Beth Schwartz. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members David Ramsey as John
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Green Arrow in other media


in the series. It premiered in North America on October 10, 2012, and has aired six seasons. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a seventh season. Oliver Queen has made multiple appearances in the "Arrow" spin-offs "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow" and one episode of "Supergirl" with Stephen Amell reprising the role. Those series are set in a shared universe called the Arrowverse. Green Arrow appears in "", resembling his Golden Age version.
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for a second season on NBC, a crossover "was and is still on the table". In August 2015, it was confirmed that Matt Ryan, who portrayed Constantine, would appear on "Arrow" in the fourth-season episode "Haunted", per a "one-time-only" deal. This set the stage for Constantine to become part of the "Legends of Tomorrow" cast in the show's fourth season. Oliver Queen had several aliases before being known as "Green Arrow". His
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Green Arrow (Arrow episode)


first time that the vigilante persona of Oliver Queen is referred to by his comic book alias of "Green Arrow". It is also the first episode in the series to feature a flash forward sequence as well as the established flash back sequences. The episode was written by season four showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle, developed from a story written by Greg Berlanti and Beth Schwartz and directed by Thor Freudenthal. It was first broadcast in the USA on October 7, 2015 on The CW. The episode takes place several months
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Arrow (season 4)


The fourth season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 7, 2015, and concluded on May 25, 2016, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunners for this season were Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members Katie
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Arrow (season 5)


The fifth season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 5, 2016, and concluded on May 24, 2017, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunners for this season were Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members David
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Arrow (season 6)


The sixth season of the American television series "Arrow" premiered on The CW on October 12, 2017, and concluded on May 17, 2018, with a total of 23 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunners for this season were Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members David
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Steve Aoki


would make an appearance as both a musical contributor and non-playable character in the video game "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2". In January 2012, Steve Aoki released new tracks on "Turntable.fm" in conjunction with SOL REPUBLIC Headphones, making him the first established artist to fully orchestrate a listening session using the platform. Aoki appeared in an episode of The CW's new superhero series "Arrow" on March 20, 2013, at 8 pm EST. He was playing himself, spinning at the grand opening of Oliver Queen
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Stephen Amell


Stephen Adam Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and occasional professional wrestler, known for portraying Oliver Queen / Green Arrow on The CW superhero series "Arrow", the progenitor of the Arrowverse. A lifelong professional wrestling fan, he has made guest appearances in major American promotions, including working a match for WWE in 2015 and recently for Ring of Honor in 2017, joining the stable Bullet Club. Amell was born May 8, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Sandra Anne (
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Arrow (TV series)


have been broadcast. In January 2019, The CW renewed the series for an eighth season, which is set to premiere on October 15, 2019. In March, it was announced this would serve as the final season of the series, consisting of ten episodes which would contribute to the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event. The series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on a mysterious island, before returning home to Starling City. In the first season
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John Diggle (Arrowverse)


John Diggle, also known by his code name Spartan, is a fictional character in The CW's Arrowverse franchise, first introduced in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series "Arrow". The character is not based on any DC Comics character but was created for the series by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. John Diggle has been continually portrayed by David Ramsey. In the series, Diggle is introduced as a military veteran and Oliver Queen's new bodyguard. Over time his relationship with Oliver evolves and
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Lois Lane (Smallville)


Inquisitor", a tabloid newspaper that gives her a job as a reporter. In "Wither", she begins a romantic relationship with billionaire Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), who, unbeknown to her, masquerades at night as the vigilante Green Arrow. Queen's "job" as Green Arrow often gets in the way of their relationship. In "Hydro", Lois deduces that Oliver is Green Arrow, setting up an elaborate scheme to prove it. Clark and Oliver are wise to her plan, however, and
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Arrow (season 4)


and felt that at times it gave her too much focus. However, overall she was pleased with the change in tone the season brought, and in particular praised the growth in Oliver's character, noting that, ""Arrow" is no longer a dark show about a vigilante who’s willing to murder. It’s about Oliver Queen and his teammates, and how they develop and interact as they fight crime and villains and Star City. Sure, right now the team is monopolized by Felicity – but hopefully that will
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Legacy (Arrow)


"Legacy" is the 93rd episode overall and fifth-season premiere of The CW series "Arrow". The episode was written by showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle from a story by Greg Berlanti and directed by James Bamford. It was first broadcast on October 5, 2016 on The CW. This episode introduced minor villain Tobias Church and new vigilante Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog. This episode takes place months after Oliver killed Damien Dhark. Flashbacks in the episode features Oliver (Stephen Amell) in Russia trying to find Kovar
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Arrowverse


2019, it was announced that the eighth season of "Arrow" would be the final season of the series, with an abbreviated ten-episode season. On May 7, The CW ordered "Batwoman" to series. Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home after being stranded on a deserted island for five years. Upon his return to Starling City, Oliver rekindles his relationships and spends his nights hunting down wealthy criminals as a hooded vigilante. Crime-scene investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma after being struck
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


they battle a company called Galaxy One. Amell has appeared as Oliver Queen in five Arrowverse shows, "Arrow", "The Flash", "Legends of Tomorrow", "Vixen" and "Supergirl", having appeared in all seasons of "Arrow" (7 seasons), "The Flash" (5 seasons) and "Vixen" (2 seasons). He also appeared in 3 seasons of "Legends of Tomorrow" and 2 seasons of "Supergirl". In the 2014-15 television season
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Justice League (Smallville)


Gough, Justin Hartley was the producers' first choice to play the role of Oliver Queen, and his alter ego Green Arrow. Oliver was designed to provide an alternative view for what it means to be a hero. At the same time, the producers wanted a character that could impact the lives of both Clark and Lois. The actor is also the first to portray Oliver Queen/Green Arrow in any live-action media. Hartley believed that it was the season six episode "Reunion" that really helped him to
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Green Arrow


new supporting characters for Oliver, including ex-Queen Industries technology experts Naomi Singh and Henry Fyff, and his archer half-sister Emiko Queen who later takes up the code-name "Red Arrow". The characters of Felicity Smoak and John Diggle from the "Arrow" TV series were also adapted into the comic books in 2015 (though Felicity was later removed from the continuity). The archer Shado, though not part of Oliver's unit of heroes, has also been a recurring character in Oliver's life.
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Arrow (season 2)


, even Stephen was like, 'This is the right one. In the episode "Three Ghosts", Oliver receives the mask from Barry Allen, who is able to create a mask that will help conceal his identity, while still being functional and allowing Oliver to see clearly. The season began airing in the United States on The CW on October 10, 2013, and completed its 23-episode run on May 14, 2014. "Arrow: Season 2" was released as a 5-disc DVD set and as a 9-disc Blu
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Green Arrow


well as mercenary Eddie Fyers, initially introduced as Queen's adversary, but later to become a companion of necessity when Green Arrow was forced to leave Seattle after false accusations of aiding terrorists. Grell's run ended with "Green Arrow" #80, shortly after Dinah dumped Oliver. During this period, the writer also redefined the character's origin in the four-part 1992 limited series, "Green Arrow: The Wonder Year". Grell portrayed Oliver Queen as a thrill-seeker who inherits his family business at a
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


do because Oliver himself is evolving as the Arrow—from vigilante to hero, sort of from Arrow to Green Arrow—and we wanted to see that progression in his costume as well. As Oliver is embracing being a hero, being a hero means stepping out of the dark and being more of a symbol, so he has to take steps to conceal his identity more." He added that it will "allow the Arrow to interact with people who don't know his identity in a much more organic way than having
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"Arrow" finale. In two-part crossover that will set the events to "Legends of Tomorrow", Oliver and his comrades team up with Barry, Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall to defeat immortal villain, Vandal Savage. During the season 2 episode, "Enter Zoom", a news report shows that on Earth-2, Oliver died the night the Queen's Gambit sunk, and his father Robert took the mantle of the Arrow. However, Robert was somehow unmasked in this reality. In the mass crossover episode "
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Arrow (season 1)


, and do our spin on the characters." On January 31, 2012 Stephen Amell became the first actor to be cast, having previously appeared on other CW dramas such as "The Vampire Diaries" and "90210". Fan reaction to Amell's castin was mixed, with many fans wanting Justin Hartley to reprise his role from Smallville. Amell was one of the first actors to audition for the role of Oliver Queen, and Kreisberg felt that he "hit the target from the outset" and "everyone else just
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List of Arrowverse cast members


The Arrowverse is a media franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero television series airing on The CW, produced by DC Entertainment and based on characters that appear in DC Comics publications. The shared universe includes four live-action television series, "Arrow", "The Flash", "Supergirl", and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow", and two animated web series, "Vixen", and "". Each series has its own lead actors: Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen /
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Hell (DC Comics)


" (vol. 3) #1-58 (July 1990-May 1995, plus two "Annual"s (1992 and 1993) and one #0 issue (October 1994)) and the mainstream DC Comics miniseries "Stanley and His Monster" (vol. 2) #1-4 (February-May 1993). Hell exists in the CW's Arrowverse. It is first mentioned in season four of "Arrow", where Oliver Queen states that he cannot call for John Constantine's help, because he is
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Justice League (Smallville)


doing a crossover with "Smallville". "Aquaman" is currently the only series to go into production, though it was ultimately not picked up by The CW network, which had formed from a merger between The WB and UPN during the production of the pilot. During the sixth season, there was talk about creating a new series based on the Green Arrow/Oliver Queen character. Hartley refused to talk about the possibility of a spin-off during the filming of the sixth season out of respect for his role on
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Green Arrow (Arrow episode)


warrior, where one of Oliver Queen's best friends is the fastest man alive, where the current issues with Thea might have something to do with the lingering after-effects of, you know, her resurrection. (Unless the show has forgotten about that, which is fine. But it's possible!) Team Arrow lives in a city just renamed to the comic book-approved Star City in honor of a dead man who I'm going to go ahead and guess survived that explosion by shrinking himself, considering he
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Red Dart


Red Dart is the name of different characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. A female version of Red Dart appears on the seventh season of The CW show "Arrow", played by actress Holly Elissa. Jonathan "Midas" Mallory is a man who has been going around stopping crimes in Star City. This attracted the attention of Green Arrow and Speedy. They didn't know it yet, but Red Dart is secretly in allegiance with some gold thieves. The next night, Green Arrow deduced the truth about
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Sins of the Father (Arrow)


"Sins of the Father" is the 13th episode of the fourth season of The CW series "Arrow" and 82nd overall. The episode was written by Ben Sokolowski and Keto Shimizu and directed by Gordon Verheul. It was first broadcast on February 10, 2016 in The CW. The episode revolves about Nyssa offering an elixir named Lotus to Oliver that can reverse the effects of the Lazarus Pit and offers him to heal Thea, in exchange for him killing Malcolm. They convince him to meet with Nyssa to give her the
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Nonlinear narrative


primary storyline on the island as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life, either past or future. So does The CW's series "Arrow" which, in every episode, features a storyline following the life of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) stranded in an island and a main storyline five years later in which he goes back home and decides to become a vigilante. Using a similar storytelling technique, Netflix's original series "Orange Is the New Black" explores the lives of the main
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Justin Hartley


Justin Scott Hartley (born January 29, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles that include Fox Crane on the NBC daytime soap opera "Passions" (2002–2006), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on The CW television series "Smallville" (2006–2011), and Adam Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (2014–2016) which earned him an Emmy nomination. Hartley appeared in the recurring role of Patrick Osbourne in the third season of the television series "
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Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)


Arrow"s seventh, and penultimate, season, although producers have left open the possibility of her returning as a guest star in the series final season. Felicity, alongside John Diggle, is shown to play an important role in the transitioning of Oliver Queen from a 'lone-wolf' to part of a vigilante team. This working relationship between these three characters has been described both in the media and the show as 'Original Team Arrow', and has received particular praise from critics. Commenting on this "symbiotic relationship"
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Legends of Tomorrow" and "Supergirl", as well as animated web series "Vixen". He also plays a central role in the annual Arrowverse crossover events. The character is based on the DC comics character Green Arrow. Dinah Laurel Lance (portrayed by Katie Cassidy; main: 1–4; guest: 5–7) is an assistant district attorney and Oliver Queen's ex-girlfriend. She later becomes a vigilante known as Black Canary. The character also appears in Arrowverse spin-off shows "The Flash" and "
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Arrow (season 7)


David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, and Katie Cassidy Rodgers return from previous seasons as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, John Diggle / Spartan, Felicity Smoak / Overwatch, Curtis Holt / Mr. Terrific, Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog, Dinah Drake / Black Canary, and Laurel Lance / Black Siren, respectively. The seventh season is the first not to feature original cast members Willa Holland and Paul Blackthorne, who play Thea Queen / Speedy and Quentin Lance, respectively, as series
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Arrow, known as the Outsiders. New antagonists include Komodo, who Oliver learns was his father's archer apprentice and apparent murderer. It has also seen the New 52 debut of several characters, such as Count Vertigo, Shado, the Clock King, Richard Dragon, as well as John Diggle, a character originally created for the TV series "Arrow". When Oliver meets Shado, he learns she had a daughter from Oliver's father (Robert Queen) named Emiko, whom Komodo has raised as his own daughter.
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


for his portrayal Oliver Queen, and he has been nominated for various awards for his performance, including a People's Choice and Leo Award. Oliver Queen first appears in the pilot episode of "Arrow". He is discovered on the deserted island of Lian Yu by fishermen, having been shipwrecked there five years earlier following the destruction of his family yacht the "Queen's Gambit", which he was on with his father Robert Queen (Jamey Sheridan) and Sara Lance (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), who did not survive
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Green Arrow in other media


the animated web series "Vixen", set in the shared universe called Arrowverse. Green Arrow appears in the animated series "Justice League Action", voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos. Green Arrow made his first appearance as a young Oliver Queen near the end of the episode "Sneeze" of the sixth season of the Superman series "Smallville". Played by Justin Hartley, Lois Lane was his love interest during his appearances in season six. In "Smallville", Oliver is more of an anti-hero, committing criminal
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


affair with a woman named Kazumi Adachi. When Ricardo Diaz is captured, Oliver is released from prison and deputized as part of the Star City Police Department and resumes fighting crime as the Green Arrow, now fighting without the mask and hood. Eventually Emiko is revealed as the leader of a criminal organization named the Ninth Circle, who seeks to destroy Oliver's legacy. In the season finale, Team Arrow thwart the Ninth Circle's plan and Oliver makes amends with Emiko before her death. Oliver and Felicity leave Star City to
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Green Arrow (Arrow episode)


Oliver Queen. However, with shows like Arrow, you got to suspend your disbelief a little bit, and besides, 'I am the Green Arrow' is something I have been waiting to hear for four years, so how much can I really complain? "Arrow", I have missed you." Jonathon Dornbush of "EW" stated: "'Green Arrow' has a lot of ground to cover, tracing the ways Team Arrow has changed since the climactic fallout of season 3 and sowing the seeds of
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State v. Queen


"State v. Queen" is the seventh episode of the second season, and 30th episode overall of The CW series "Arrow". The episode was written by Marc Guggenheim & Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by Bethany Rooney. It first aired on The CW on November 20, 2013. This episode focuses on Moira Queen's acquittal for her alleged crimes at the end of the first season, ending with the revelation that Malcolm Merlyn is Thea Queen's father, not Robert Queen as previously thought. The episode received generally average
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The Flash (season 1)


flesh out the "Flash" universe in "Arrow"." Gustin had a brief cameo appearance in the "Arrow" season three premiere, "The Calm". Valdes appeared once again in the season three episode "Broken Arrow", while Gustin appeared in the final episode of season three, "My Name is Oliver Queen". Stephen Amell appears as Oliver Queen / Arrow in the pilot episode. Kreisberg announced that Emily Bett Rickards would appear in the fourth episode as Felicity. Previous "Arrow" adversary William
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Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)


in "The Multiversity: The Just" #1 (December, 2014). He is son of Oliver Queen and the father of Arrowette. He is a member of Justice League. In the tie-in comic for "", Black Canary names her and Oliver's son Connor. Doctor Fate brought both Black Canary and her son to a parallel universe following Green Arrow's death, where the former's counterpart has long died and its Oliver Queen has retired his role as Green Arrow and becomes a recluse. After
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. In "Earth 2" #20, it is revealed that his name is Connor Hawke. This version of Connor is seemingly killed by monsters unleashed by the invading forces of the planet Apokolips. The series "" shows a successor Earth 2 Red Arrow to be Oliver Queen. Connor is of mixed Asian, African, and European heritage (his mother was half black and half Korean, and his father Oliver is white), and was originally depicted with Asiatic features, dark skin, and fair hair and eyes.
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Speedy (Mia Dearden)


Queen, appears on "Arrow", portrayed by Willa Holland. Mia Dearden is a teenage runaway who was abused by her father. Unable to survive on her own, she fell in love with a man who offered her shelter and food in exchange for exploiting her child prostitution ring. Mia was rescued from one of her clients, a depraved local politician, by the costumed hero Green Arrow, who had just returned from the dead and to Star City. Sent by the Green Arrow to see Oliver Queen (his real
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vulnerable side to his character". Alisdair Wilkins awarded the episode a B+ noting "how much better the show's entire dynamic is this season compared with last year". He added that "Legends Of Yesterday" shows Oliver's conflict between keeping his friends safe and recognizing he cannot be victorious without them. Dave Trumbore felt the "Arrow" episode tied up the introduction of Hawkgirl and Hawkman and their nemesis Vandal Savage, and effectively set up the launch of The CW's mid-season, spin-off "
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List of supporting Arrow characters


Cox) succeeded Sebastian Blood as the mayor of Starling City until being killed by Maseo Yamashiro. Christopher Chance / Human Target (portrayed by Wil Traval) is hired by Oliver to serve as his body double when he is mayor. He is later summoned by John Diggle to pose as Tommy Merlyn in Green Arrow's costume during Oliver Queen's trial and later takes the place of Judge C. McGarvey. Upon the jury finding Oliver Queen guilty, Chance as Judge McGarvey has Oliver Queen seek probation and then he is free to go
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Thea Queen


, with no intentions of coming back. Thea begins the season in Corto Maltese receiving combat training from Malcolm, though she soon decides to return to Starling with Oliver. She also reopens her nightclub after Malcolm secretly buys the foundry from Queen Consolidated for her. She learns Oliver's secret identity as the Arrow when he shows her his hideout under the nightclub and begins to distrust Malcolm after learning that he already knows about Oliver's secret. After Thea is told that her father used her as a pawn against both Oliver and Ra
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


-X named Black Arrow, voiced by Matthew Mercer, appears in the animated web series "". The "Arrow" version of Oliver Queen first appeared in the 2012 prequel comic "Arrow #1: Special Edition". The comic was released before the series aired and it ties in with the TV series' first season. The comic was later developed into an ongoing digital comic series titled "Arrow", that lasted 36 chapters between 2012–13 and featured various storylines. The next year, the character appeared in "
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Arrow (TV series)


Queen Consolidated, and Felicity offers to mail the acquired sample for Roy as he goes in to meet with Oliver. A Green Arrow skin based on Oliver Queen's appearance in "Arrow" appears in the 2013 video game "" as downloadable content. The playable skin was given as a bonus reward to the first 5,000 voters of "Injustice"s promotional Battle Arena competition, but was later released as a free download. Stephen Amell lends his voice and likeness to the skin. "" features an "Arrow" downloadable content pack
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Arrow (season 1)


become Superman. At the end of the month, Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role of Oliver Queen. When developing the series, producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to "Smallville", which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), opting to cast a new actor in the role of Oliver Queen. Unlike with "Smallville", the series does not initially
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Arrow (TV series)


to become Superman. At the end of the month, Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role of Oliver Queen. When developing the series, producer Marc Guggenheim expressed that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to "Smallville", which featured its own Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), opting to cast a new actor in the role of Oliver Queen. Unlike "Smallville", the series does not initially
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Flash vs. Arrow


before Oliver Queen, as the "Arrow" vigilante, arrives to stop the cop. Later, Oliver informs Barry that he and his team are in Central City tracking down intel on a killer who uses lethal steel boomerangs. Barry and his friends suggests that they team-up to catch each other's targets and Oliver reluctantly agrees. Oliver tries to teach Barry to be more mindful of his surroundings, but Barry decides to go after Bivolo by himself. Bivolo uses his ability on Barry's mind; but because of Barry
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Green Arrow


Green Arrow is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in "More Fun Comics" #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver Jonas Queen, a wealthy businessman and owner of Queen Industries who is also a well-known celebrity in Star City. Sometimes shown dressed like the character Robin Hood, Green Arrow is an archer who uses his skills to fight crime in his home cities of Star City and Seattle,
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Constantine Drakon


high-end retail center in a depressed area of Star City), the corporation hired Constantine Drakon. Drakon's job was to eliminate the monsters and cover up the link between them and the Elevast corporation. Oliver "Green Arrow" Queen's investigations into the monsters put him in direct confrontation with the European assassin. In their first encounter, Drakon soundly defeated Green Arrow, killing a friend of Connor Hawke (Oliver Queen's son) and crucifying Green Arrow with his own arrows, choosing not to kill the archer because
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Arrow (season 1)


of "The A.V. Club" gave the season as a whole a rating of B+, noting that the show "hasn't quite figured everything out yet, but it's had some standout episodes." "Arrow"s premiere episode drew 4.14 million viewers, making it The CW's most-watched telecast of any show on any night in three years, and The CW's most-watched series premiere since "The Vampire Diaries" in 2009. In its second episode, "Arrow" became the only new network drama in
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Green Arrow


, Oliver Queen is Green Arrow and he balances his own breaking of laws with his efforts to bring outlaws to justice across the globe. In the new continuity, Queen runs Q-Core, a communications technology company that is part of Queen Industries, through which he funds and armors himself as Green Arrow. He makes scarce allusion to his former partnership with Roy Harper, but Roy's memories in "Red Hood and the Outlaws" establish that the pair fell out badly, leading Oliver to expel him from Q-Core
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the series are based on DC Comics characters. Oliver Jonas Queen (portrayed by Stephen Amell; main: season 1–present) is a billionaire playboy who returns to his home of Starling City after being apparently stranded on a desert island for five years and presumed dead. On his return, he embarks on a secret double life as a masked vigilante known as 'The Hood'. In season four, his vigilante persona becomes known as Green Arrow. He also appears in Arrowverse spin-off shows "The Flash", "
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up the mantle of Green Arrow while Oliver Queen is incarcerated at Slabside Maximum Security Prison. Her mother, Kazumi Adachi, was mysteriously murdered at the Glades a year prior to Oliver's outing as Green Arrow. Being an accomplished gymnast and trained in combat by Dante, her skills and tactics match Oliver's. She initially had no intention to become a vigilante until her mother's murder. Needing a disguise, she chooses to have hers based on Oliver's after he reveals himself being the Green Arrow. Therefore, she has
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Smallville


Millar to expand "Smallville" stories in "Chloe's Chronicles". For the season-three premiere, the "Smallville" producers teamed up with Verizon to enable its registered users to view plot updates (as "Daily Planet" press releases), quizzes and games related to the show with Verizon product placement. "Smallville Legends: The Oliver Queen Chronicles", a six-episode CGI series which chronicled the early life of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, was released in a promotional tie-in with Sprint.
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on the NBC daytime soap opera "Passions" from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, he played the starring role as Aquaman in a television pilot for The CW titled "Aquaman" (or "Mercy Reef"), but it was not picked up as a series. Hartley did a seven-episode run as billionaire Oliver Queen on the CW series "Smallville" later that year. In 2008, he returned to "Smallville" as a regular cast member, following the departures of Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum.
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Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)


more than his pre-"Flashpoint" counterpart, with light skin and red hair. There's been confusion as to the identity of Connor's mother. Throughout the later issues of the first "Green Arrow" series written by Chuck Dixon, Connor's mother was identified as Sandra "Moonday" Hawke; a flighty ex-hippie, who had reportedly been one of many conquests for a young Oliver Queen. Moonday played a frequent supporting role in the series, often requiring rescue due to the machinations of her husband - an arms dealer
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series as well. In May 2015, The CW officially picked up the series, titled "DC's Legends of Tomorrow". During the 100th episode of Arrow season 5, some returning characters from previous seasons make an appearance in "Invasion!", a crossover episode of "Supergirl", "The Flash", "Arrow" and "Legends of Tomorrow", where Thea, Diggle, Sara, Ray and Oliver are abducted by the Dominators and were put in dream stasis to gather intel while they are shown
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Flash vs. Arrow


and Oliver learned both of their lessons and decide to have a friendly duel. The first indication of potential crossover events in the Arrowverse occurred on The CW during the 2013–14 television season, when Barry Allen was introduced in the eighth episode of "Arrow"s second season ahead of the debut of "The Flash". In July 2014, it was announced that the eighth episodes of the third season of "Arrow" and the first season of "The Flash" would be a two-hour crossover event. The crossover was originally
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Queen / Arrow team up to take on Vandal Savage, who is looking for Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall, the reincarnations of Hawkgirl and Hawkman. A crossover between the two series was announced in January 2015 by The CW President Mark Pedowitz, who stated the network's intention to have an Arrowverse crossover every season following the success of the previous year's crossover "Flash vs. Arrow". By September, the scripts for each episode had been written, with filming occurring shortly before the end of the month and into October 2015
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Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)


to kill to having a rule against all killing as a means of stopping assailants. In "Arrow", Oliver is known during the first season as "The Hood", but drops that persona once he vows to stop killing and starts using a new name "Arrow". He does not take up the "Green Arrow" name until season four, when Roy Harper publicly confessed to being the "Arrow" to protect Oliver. He is a friend and frequent ally of the Central City-based superhero The Flash
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be the Arrow, but not have the full fig on." Andy Greenwald of "Grantland" wrote that Amell deserves a "great deal of the credit" for "Arrow"s success, as he brings a subtle humor hidden beneath his "Hollister veneer". Greenwald goes on to state that Amell's performance as Oliver Queen makes that persona a more interesting character than the Arrow. "Entertainment Weekly"s Ken Tucker acknowledged Amell's range as an actor for the series premiere: "Amell is no mere muscle-head as an
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Queen Industries


". In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Oliver Queen is based in Seattle, and using a subsidiary of Queen Industries called Q-Core as a front for his operations as Green Arrow. In addition to masking the research and development of his trick arrows, Q-Core had developed several very successful products like the Q-pad and Q-phone, making Oliver a billionaire mogul. Following the buy up of Queen Industries by Stellmoor Industries and their CEO, Simon
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