Storyline
Oliver Queen and his father are lost at sea when their luxury yacht
sinks, apparently in a storm. His father dies, but Oliver survives for
five years on an uncharted island and eventually returns home. But he
wasn't alone on the island where he learned not only how to fight and
survive but also of his father's corruption and unscrupulous business
dealings. He returns to civilization a changed man, determined to put
things right. He disguises himself with the hood of one of his
mysterious island mentors, arms himself with a bow and sets about
hunting down the men and women who have corrupted his city.
Details
Official Sites: CW Network [United States] | Official Facebook
Country: USA
Release Date: 10 October 2012 (USA) See more »
Also Known As: A zöld Ãjász See more »
Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Sin often calls Roy Harper by the nickname "Abercrombie", Colton Haynes who plays Roy was a model for Abercrombie & Fitch before becoming an actor.
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Oliver Queen has an occasional "tic" described by Stephen Amell as a sort of anxiousness when Oliver wishes he was holding his bow.
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Malcolm Merlyn is called Al Sa Her by Nyssa which is Arabic for The
Magician. Merlyn the Magician is a famous wizard in the legend of King
Arthur and is also a DC comic book character.
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John Diggle was created specifically for this series, and was added to
the mainstream DC universe starting with the New 52 titles, introduced
in "Green Arrow" Issue 24, October 2013. He joins Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) from Smallville (2001).
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In "Damaged" (season one) Oliver wears a prison shirt with the number
399471 on the pocket. This is the hex code for the shade of green of his
hood.
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The Queen Mansion exterior shots are filmed at the Hatley Castle in the
Hatley Park National Historic Site located in Colwood, British Columbia.
This is the same Castle used for the Luthor Mansion exterior shots in Smallville (2001), and for Professor Xavier's castle in the X-Men (2000) film series.
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In the comics, Deathstroke (aka Slade Wilson) is an anti-hero with
enhanced strength, speed, stamina, and reflexes bordering on superhuman
levels according to the comic book profile. He can use up to 90% of his
brain, making him a tactical genius and adept at turning an opponent's
own abilities against them. He has defeated Batman and Nightwing in
combat, and he has given even Wonder Woman a run for her money in a
fight.
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Midways into season 2 the character of scientist Barry Allen is
introduced, who suffers a classic comic book "freak accident" and later
becomes 'The Flash' in his own TV series The Flash (2014).
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Coast City is mentioned sporadically throughout the series. In the
comics, Coast City is the home of Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green
Lantern.
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In almost every episode the title of that episode is said by someone at some point.
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In season 3 Ted Grant is introduced. In the comics he is the hero known as Wildcat. He also trained Black Canary.
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On numerous occasions the city of Blüdhaven is mentioned, and even
visited once. In DC comics, Blüdhaven is a city under the protection of
Dick Grayson, AKA Nightwing prior to the New 52 relaunch.
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During an episode on season 1, Oliver says this to Dig: "...you know us
billionaire vigilantes... We do love our toys." This is a reference to
one of the most known DC characters, Batman.
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At least once every season modern day Oliver travels to Lian Yu. During
the season 1 pilot Oliver is discovered in the island. During the season
2 opener Diggle and Felicity travel to Lian Yu to find Oliver there,
During season 3 Oliver and Thea go to Lian Yu to train for the League
only to find Slade out of his cell.
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The name of Oliver's club is Verdant, meaning "of bright green colour"
and the large V above it is reminiscent of an arrow. Together these are a
subtle nod to the DC Comics character.
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This is the second time Brandon Routh portrays a superhero, here he stars as Ray Palmer/the Atom after starring as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns (2006).
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Exterior shots of the police headquarters is actually the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
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Ra's Al Ghul is mentioned numerous times throughout the series and is
directly attached to DC's The Dark Knight's mentor and teacher.
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Felicity Smoak originated as the step-mother of the superhero Firestorm
(Ronnie Raymond) in the pre-New 52 continuity in the "The Fury of
Firestorm" comics. Later due to her popularity on the show she was
re-introduced in the New 52 continuity as part of the "Green Arrow"
comics starting with Issue 35 that was released in October 2014. Also
for the New 52 version, her appearance is based of Emily Bett Rickards portrayal of her on the show.
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The League of Assassins is correctly named in this show unlike another
DC property, The Dark Knight trilogy, it was referred to as The League
of Shadows.
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Each time Oliver revealed his secret, someone's life was in danger
(usually, but not always, his own): When Diggle found out, Deadshot had
tagged him with a curare laced bullet. When Felicity found out, Oliver
had just been shot but his mother. When Barry Allen found out, Oliver
had been poisoned. When Tommy found out, Malcolm Merlyn was dying from a
gunshot wound. When Merlyn himself found out, he was seconds away from
killing Oliver. When Roy found out, another earthquake machine was about
to go off and the revelation shocked Roy out of his mirakuru rage long
enough to help disarm it. The exceptions to this being Laurel, Moira and
Thea.
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The bow used in season 2 and season 3 is "Oneida Kestrel lever bow".
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Ivo's freighter was named, "Amazo." In DC comics, Amazo was the name of
Ivo's greatest invention; an android that could absorb and store the
super powers of any meta-being.
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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood portrayed Sara Lance in the first season. She was recast in the second season by Caity Lotz.
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Curare is a real paralytic/muscle relaxant that is sometimes used on
arrowheads to hunt animals but is mainly used by physicians as an
anesthetic. In high enough doses, it can cause respiratory failure and
cardiac arrest.
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The "Skyline" shown is actually footage from various cities including
Frankfurt, Germany, Center City Philadelphia, PA, Back Bay Boston,
MA,Tokyo, Japan, and Singapore.
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Alex Kingston and John Barrowman both starred as companions to The Doctor in the BBC's Doctor Who
(2005). Kingston starred as River Song and Barrowman as Captain Jack.
Colin Salmon also appeared as Dr. Moon in two episodes of Doctor Who
(also the first appearance of River Song).
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Andrew Kreisberg
originally stated that the series is a more realistic take on the
character in comparison to the source comic books. Oliver is the only
masked vigilante in the world, "there are no aliens and there are no
super-villains". This held up more or less, until the decision was made
to add the Flash into the equation, which changed everything.
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The nursery rhyme for Cyrus Gold (Solomon Grundy) is: Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill
on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday.
That was the end, Of Solomon Grundy.
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John Diggle was named after Andy Diggle, writer of "Green Arrow - Year
One". A "judge Grell" is referenced in the pilot, paying homage to Mike
Grell, the long running writer of the Green Arrow comics.
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The name Isabel Rochev is listed two names down from Adam Hunt (the
primary antagonist of the pilot episode) in Oliver's book of names.
Isabel Rochev is eventually a reoccurring character played by Summer Glau in season two.
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The arrowhead design of the title logo has changed every season. Season 1
had a flat arrowhead shape. Season 2 retained the same shape of the
arrowhead as season 1, only dimensions were added to it. Season 3 is a
completely different arrowhead shape design complete with engraved
symbols. A few instances in Season 3 the logo changed to reflect the
storyline. In season 3 episode 7 "Draw Back Your bow" the title
arrowhead logo was that of Cupid's heart shape arrow. In season 3
episode 8 "The Brave and The Bold" Lightning was added to the logo as
the Flash guest starred. In season 3 episode 14 "The Return" the
arrowhead logo reverted to the season 2 arrowhead when Slade Wilson
returned. In season 4, the arrowhead has a bright green color.
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John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn), Alex Kingston (Dinah Lance) and Colin Salmon (Walter Steele) have all appeared in Doctor Who.
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Brandon Routh's
character Ray Palmer is revealed to be another DC hero, Atom. He, along
with Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and The Flash (Barry Allen), is an
existing member of the Justice League of America.
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Both Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards are Canadian, though Amell was born in Toronto while Rickards was born in Vancouver.
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The channel where they transmit the news is Channel 52 in honor of the New 52.
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For Green Arrow's first two plus decades, he was a relatively minor
superhero character, without his own long running comic book series, but
in the mid-sixties, the character lost his billions, and got his own
series, as more of an earthy people's hero, becoming quite popular,
especially when paired with the popular Green Lantern, and also as part
of DC's Justice League of America.
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In the comics, Green Arrow had bright blond hair and wore a small mask
to hide his identity. Also prior to the New 52 relaunch he had a
prominent bright blond goatee, and first wore a Robin Hood style hat,
later with no hat, where instead he used a hood. But in the television
show, much like his New 52 counterpart, Arrow wears only a green hood
(deep and large enough to always cover his face in shadow) and there is
no goatee, only stubble. Also instead of a mask he wore some green face
paint around his eyes that looks similar to his comic book mask to hide
his identity (until the events of Season 2's Three Ghosts where he
receives a proper mask), and although he is blond, it is more dark or
dirty blond.
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In "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" (season three), the t-shirt
that Cooper wears is a reference to the very first "Justice League"
comic book.
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Nick E. Tarabay, Katrina Law, Manu Bennett and Cynthia Addai-Robinson all portrayed leading characters in both Arrow and Spartacus: War of the Damned
(2010). Liam McIntyre (who portrayed the titular character in
Spartacus) went on to play Weather Wizard- a supervillain in the Arrow
spin-off, "The Flash."
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The series and it's visual style was strongly influenced by Christopher Nolan's
"Dark Knight" trilogy, which is based on the "Batman" comics by DC
comics. "Arrow" is based on "The Green Arrow" by DC comics.
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John Diggle's deceased brother is named Andy, as a tribute to Andy
Diggle. Andy Diggle is a writer credited with writing the 2007 limited
comic series Green Arrow: Year One. This limited series would come to
inspire the creation of the TV series. Andy Diggle also worked on
successful series such as Swamp Thing, Thunderbolts, and Daredevil.
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In the comics, Dinah "Laurel" Lance is the real name of the heroine,
Black Canary. In season one, it's revealed that Laurel's first name is
Dinah when Tommy comes up behind her and addresses her as such. In
episode 13 of the third season when Laurel is drugged with Vertigo, Sara
refers to Laurel as "Dinah Laurel Lance".
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On this show John Barrowman and Colin Donnell play father and son, respectively, whereas in real life they're just about 14 years apart.
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One rumor reported that John Diggle would become the Green Lantern.
However in season 4, Diggle will take up the mantle of "The Guardian."
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Instead of Brandon Routh
playing Ray Palmer (The Atom) the producers originally planned for him
to play Ted Kord (Blue Beetle). But CW didn't have the rights to use him
so they made the part for The Atom.
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Some actors from the TV series Spartacus: War of the Damned (2010) appear in the series in recurring roles. Stephen Amell was considered to take over the role of Spartacus from Andy Whitfield, before Liam McIntyre was chosen to take over the role. McIntyre would later be cast as The Weather Wizard on the spin off The Flash (2014).
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Edward Fyers is a recurring nemesis for Oliver Queen on the island. In
the comic book series sometime after "The Longbow Hunters", Edward Fyres
became a recurring nemesis for Green Arrow. Fyres in the comic book was
a mercenary, not unlike the character in "Arrow".
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Throughout the show there is a special theme soundtrack that plays
whenever Malcom Merlyn or the dark archer (John Barrowman) is on the
scene. It's first heard during the revelation of the dark archer as
Malcom in season 1 episode 9 'Year's End' and in season 2 towards the
end of episode 7 'State vs Queen.' In season 3 its first heard in episde
4 'The Magician.'
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The shots showing the Queen Consolidated Towers are stock footage of the
real life Belgacom Towers set in Brussels, Belgium. The Q-Consolidated
logo was added in post production.
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In the comics the real name of Starling City is Star City. The name Star
City is used in later seasons (some characters keep forgetting and
correct themselves).
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In episode 8 of season 3, The Brave and the Bold, when Oliver is
introducing Barry Allen to Captain Lance, Lance mistakes his name as
Bart Allen. In the comics, Bart Allen is Barry's grandson, who is the
sidekick of the second Flash and then eventually becomes the Flash
himself.
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In Arrow, Oliver Queen's mother is named Moira Queen. In Smallville (2001), his mother is named Laura, but his mother-in-law is Moira Sullivan.
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In the comics, Roy Harper has a few Superhero monikers, the first of
which was Speedy. Though in the series the name belongs to Thea, Roy is
referred to by this name at least twice and a couple of times as "Red
Arrow", which was his second moniker. Ultimately, Roy takes the name
Arsenal which also ties to comic lore.
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A reference to Blüdhaven (the city that is home to the hero Nightwing) is made in season 2 by Roy.
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In DC comics Roy Harper eventually lost an arm and took a bionic arm
substitute; appropriately dubbing himself "Arsenal." Also, DC
supervillain Solomon Grundy's real name is Cyrus Gold who appears in
season 2 of the series.
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The Queen Mansion exterior shots are filmed at the Hatley Castle in the
Hatley Park National Historic Site located in Colwood, British Columbia.
This is the same Castle used for the Luthor Mansion exterior shots in Smallville (2001), another DC Comics origin story distributed by Warner Brothers and for Professor Xavier's castle in X-Men (2000) and X-Men 2 (2003).
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Although Laurel is older than Sarah the actors that portray them are the same age.
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As of season 4, John Barrowman (Malcom Merlyn) is the oldest of the main
cast members and Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak) is the youngest.
Though Willa Holland (Thea Queen) is only about a month older than
Rickards.
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The character Shado is based on the femme-fatale with the same name from
DC comics. Unlike her onscreen counter part, (who was the daughter of a
Chinese soldier and Oliver's archery teacher) Shado was the daughter of
a prominent Yakusa (Japanese Mob) agent. She made a career fighting for
them and her activities brought her into Oliver's sights after he had
become Green Arrow. Shado once tended to a wounded Oliver but copulated
with him during his recovery and became pregnant with his first son
Robert. In the New 52, Shado was instead retconned as the former lover
of Oliver's father Robert and the mother of Emiko, who is Oliver's
half-sister.
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Dylan Neal (Dr. Anthony Ivo) portrayed Ray Sachs in Smallville (2001), also based on DC Comics characters - and also featuring Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow.
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Both Stephen Amell from Arrow and Grant Gustin from The Flash (2014) played guest roles on the TV show 90210 (2008).
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In Season 2, Episode 22, Detective Lance radios in to the police station
saying Delta Charlie 52. An Easter egg referring to DC's Comic book
series, The New 52.
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Nick E. Tarabay is the first actor from Spartacus: War of the Damned (2010) to portray Captain Boomerbang in the series. His co-star Jai Courtney will portray the character in the upcoming film Suicide Squad (2016), along with handful of his other Spartacus co-stars appear in the Arrow/Flash television universe.
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Caity Lotz wears a clear blond wig when she portrays The Canary to ensure the contrast between the black leather suit and her hair.
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Although Oliver's transformation into The Arrow differs from the
original DC comics storyline, it's not very far off. In the comics,
Oliver had a fascination with Bows and Arrows from a young age and
always had one with him. When he was a young teen, both of his parents
were killed. (He was also an only child) When he was 16, he was
traveling by sea when his boat crashes and he was marooned on an island
with nothing but his bow to aid in his survival. He taught himself to
hunt and perfected what little archery skills he had. He grew to be a
man and stumbled upon the illegal trafficking of the criminal China
White. After putting a stop to her operation, he found his calling as a
crime fighter and "borrowing from Bruce Wayne's book" returned home to
Star City as the Green Arrow.
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Stephen Amell (Arrow) has joined forces with Neville against Stardust
and King Barrett for a match in the WWE Summer Slam. He is rumored to
wear the iconic Green Arrow suit in the ring during battle.
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In DC Comics, Slade Wilson's full mercenary title was "Deathstroke: The
Terminator." In this series, he is solely referred to as, "Deathstroke."
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As of season 3, the penultimate episodes of the seasons have been named after Bruce Springsteen songs. Season 1: "Darkness on the Edge of Town" Season 2: "Streets of Fire." Season 3: This is your Sword."
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Oliver has mainly two teachers that are responsible for giving him the
skills that he uses as The Arrow. Slade Wilson (a.k.a. Deathstroke) who
taught him hand to hand combat and melee weapons training and Shado who
taught him the bow. Originally in DC comics, Oliver taught himself
archery and was taught martial arts by Natas, who was Deathstroke's
mentor.
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When Barry, Cisco and Caitlin appear in a scene, the theme from The Flash can often be heard.
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In the TV show Arrow has a tattoo on his shoulder pocket. But on the Arrow DVD case, the tattoo is gone.
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The show is notorious for the frequent shirtless scenes of lead star Stephen Amell.
The pilot contained an intense and lengthy workout sequence with Amell
shirtless that went viral. Such was the Internet buzz created by Amell's
superhero physique that the producers added numerous shirtless scenes
to nearly every episode of the first Season. Creator and show-runner Marc Guggenheim
called this strategy "absposition" - dumping huge chunks of exposition
on the audience while Amell shows of his abs. Amell's abs also became
the focus of all marketing and promotion as he was always featured
shirtless on the posters and all promo material, stills and trailers
always contained shots of Amell shirtless. While admitting that it
required a huge effort for him, Amell said he had no problem in
flaunting his physique because it contributed to the show's popularity.
He said, "Me being shirtless isn't the only element that's made it
successful, but it is certainly part of the total equation and I'd be
silly to think that it is not." While at Comic-con 2014 to promote the
upcoming season of the show, he famously lifted his shirt to show off
his abs to the audience getting thunderous applause from the packed
auditorium Hall H. The show-runners have also acknowledged the huge
popularity of Amell's shirtless scenes and vowed that the show will
feature such scenes throughout its run.
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In season 3 Malcolm makes a reference towards a company called Ferris
Air. This is the company for which Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) has been
known to fly for.
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Paul Blackthorne (Det.
Quentin Lance) has acted in Bollywood movie "Lagaan". In fact it was his
first film. He played the character of Captain Andrew Russell. Also the
movie was nominated for Oscars.
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Colin Donnell (Tommy Merlyn) and John Barrowman
(Malcolm Merlyn) both played Billy Crocker in revivals of Anything
Goes. Barrowman in 1989 and again in 2003. And, Donnell in 2011.
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Although they portray American characters, Paul Blackthorne and Alex Kingston are both English. Katrina Law who portrays Nyssa with an English accent, is American.
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John Barrowman, Alex Kingston and Summer Glau
had recurring guest roles in the series: A Facebook group called
"Should Summer Glau Have a Guest Role in an Episode of Doctor Who?" was
set up as an online campaign to get Summer Glau (Isobel Rochev) to
appear in an episode of the iconic BBC series. Summer Glau played the
female Terminator Cameron Phillip in the TV series "Terminator: The
Sarah Connor Chronicles" and former "Doctor Who" Matt Smith went on to
star as Tim in "Terminator: Genysis". John Barrowman and Alex Kingston
both starred in "Doctor Who" as recurring characters Captain Jack
Harkness and River Song.
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Season 4 is supposed to take on a lighter tone and move away from the darker tone which has been kept for the past 3 seasons.
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2 episodes coincidentally share the same name as some Once Upon a Time
episodes. Examples: Arrow S01E22: Darkness on the Edge of Town // Once
Upon a Time S04E13: Darkness on the Edge of Town. And Arrow S03E14: The
Return // Once Upon a Time S01E19: The Return.
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The exterior of the Starling City Police department building is the same as the one in the Martin Lawrence comedy movie Blue Streak (1999).
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John Diggle, a character originating from the show itself, features the
same surname as one of the original Green Arrow comic series' writers,
Andy Diggle.
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Oliver Queen's club is called, 'The Verdant' which means 'green with grass or other rich vegetation.'
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The character Shado is based on the femme-fatale with the same name from
DC comics. Unlike her onscreen counter part, (who was the daughter of a
Chinese soldier who helped train Oliver) Shado was the daughter of a
prominent Yakusa (Japanese Mob) agent who fought for them and her
activities brought her into Oliver's sights after he had become Green
Arrow. (Shado once tended to a wounded Oliver but copulated with him
during his recovery and became pregnant with his first son Robert.)
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Sara Lance (the first Canary on the show) is loosely based on Dinah
Drake; the first Black Canary in the comics. Like her comic book
counterpart, she was mainly a very skilled martial artist and did not
possess the "Canary's cry."
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Sara Lance's hero persona was dubbed simply. "The Canary." And other
than sharing the black suit and sonic cry, she is not actually the
persona of Black Canary from DC comics. When Laurel takes up the Canary
mantle and the name Black Canary, she fulfills her comic book
counterparts role.
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Both Katie Cassidy and Stephen Amell had minor roles in Season 1 of
FOX's "New Girl". Cassidy played Brooke, a girl Schmidt and Nick knew in
college, while Amell played Kyle, Cece's boyfriend.
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Although the character of Oliver Queen was born in 1985, the actor who portrays him, Stephen Amell was born in 1981.
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Rila Fukushima replaced Devon Aoki as Katana due of scheduling conflict.
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Neal McDonough, the actor who plays season 4's main villain Damien
Darhk, has voiced the two main characters of DC's shows on the CW in
other media. He voiced the Flash in the video game "Injustice: Gods
Among Us", and he also voiced Green Arrow in the animated short "DC
Showcase: Green Arrow"
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Every season the first episode opens up with Oliver running through a
forest or some kind of foliage. In seasons 1 and 2 the opening shot is
of Oliver running through the forests of Lian Yu. In season 3 it is a
line of trees and bushes along a train route. In season 4 he is jogging
through a park near his and Felicity's home.
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In the season 3 flashbacks, it's revealed that Oliver was brought to
Hong Kong to help bring down China White; whom he was responsible for
saving when he prevented her plain from being shot down. This was his
first ordeal after leaving the island. This resembles the occurrences of
Green Arrow's origins in DC comics. China White ran a drug ring on the
island that Oliver was marooned on and his first act as a Vigillante was
putting a stop to her operation.
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Although the character of Robert Queen was born in 1958, the actor who portrays him, Jamey Sheridan was born in 1951.
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Neal McDonough, who plays Damien Darhk, portrayed the Green Arrow in a short film in 2010.
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Neil McDonough who plays the season 4 villain Damien Darhk, voiced Oliver Queen in a DC Showcase short "The Green Arrrow."
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Neal McDonough who plays Damien Darhk in season 4 of arrow also voiced
Floyd Lawton (Deadshot) in Batman: assault on Arkham and voiced the
Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) in DC Showcase Originals Shorts Collection
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Katie Cassidy (Black Canary) was in the cast in the short-lived CW
series, Melrose Place (2009), where her co-star, Jessica Lucas, also
portrays another DC comic-book character in Gotham (2014) as
Tigress/Tabitha Galavan.
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Rutina Wesley is the fifth actor from True Blood (2008) to star in a
comic book superhero adaptation, with Anna Paquin in the X-Men films,
Kevin Alejandro in Arrow (2012), Joe Manganiello in "Spider-Man" (2002)
and Deborah Ann Woll in Daredevil (2015).
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John Barrowman, Alex Kingston, and Colin Salmon all had previous roles on BBC's Doctor Who.
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During S1:E15, an in-between sho scene shot of Baltimore City is
displayed. You can clearly see the inner harbor and the John's Hopkins
tower.
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Spoilers
The trivia items below may give away important plot points.
Harley Quinn has a "cameo" (only her voice is heard) in the "Suicide Squad" episode, voiced by Tara Strong, who reprises her role from the DC comics-based games Batman: Arkham City (2011) and Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013).
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Oliver nicknames his sister "Speedy". In the comics, Speedy is Green
Arrow's controversial, drug addicted sidekick Roy Harper. Harper is
eventually replaced by Mia Dearden as Speedy. In the third season,
Oliver is seen looking for Thea and finds that she has assumed the false
name of "Mia". By the fourth season, Thea has replaced Roy Harper
altogether, costume and all, and fights alongside her brother.
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Throughout season 1 the main character's alter-ego is never actually
referred to as The Green Arrow, but rather going by such obscure titles
as "the green hooded guy", "the vigilante", or some combination thereof.
Only once is "Green Arrow" suggested (by Oliver Queen's nemesis,
Malcolm Merlyn), when a group of people at a dining table are discussing
what to call this hooded vigilante. Oliver dismisses the suggestion
immediately as "lame". It's not until midways into the following season
that the name The Arrow starts to appear, and seemed to have stuck. But
at the start of season 4, Oliver feels the need to (yet again!) "become
something else", and finally dons the name "The Green Arrow".
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The series marks the first live-action appearance of Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress (Jessica DeGouw).Ashley Scott portrayed an alternate version of the character, as the meta-human daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, in Birds of Prey (2002).
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In the season two episode with Barry Allen (The Flash), the villain is
named "Cyrus Gold". This is the alter ego of Solomon Grundy, a DC Comics
villain, before he died and was resurrected.
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Iron Heights is the prison were Moira was in and it's spin off series The Flash (2014) is where Barry's father is in.
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The DC television universe is not allowed to share characters with the
DC cinematic universe. That is why Deadshot, Katana, and Harley Quinn
will not be returning to the series. Exceptions were made for the Flash.
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In the comics, Rose Wilson, daughter of Slade, is a mercenary with an
outfit similar to that of Deathstroke, and goes by the name Ravager. In
this series, Isabel Rochev dons the outfit although never goes by the
same title.
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In season 3 episode 20 Thea is revived from the Lazarus pit, but when
she awakens she has changed and experiences confusion. In the Batman
comics the 2nd robin, Jason Todd, is revived the same way and like Thea
he has changed and goes through confusion becoming Red Hood.
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In the early episodes Tommy describes Thea "like a sister to him"
hinting to the later reveal of Thea actually being the biological
daughter of Malcolm Merlyn and Tommy's half sister.
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It is rumored that Sara Lance, who was killed in the season three
premiere, will return in season four during the Arrow/Constantine
crossover.
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When Lyla and Diggle are discussing the Suicide Squad in season 2,
Harley Quinn speaks briefly but is never revealed. Harley Quinn is a
member of the Suicide Squad and had an affair with one of Batman's
greatest villains The Joker
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Towards the end of season 3, Nyssa Al Ghul is forced to marry Oliver in
order to provide an heir after his ascension to Ra's. In DC comics, the
daughter of Ra's Al Ghul, Talia, does have a genuine love affair with
another billionaire/Vigillante that did in fact produce an heir, who's
name was Damien Wayne.
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The ship of Anthony Ivo "Amazo" is actually the name of the android used
by Ivo to take the power of super humans to give Ivo to make him
imortal.
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The character Curtis Holt, shares the last name of a DC superhero named
"Mr. Terrific." Michael Holt, was the second man to don the Terrfic
mantle. He was the 3rd smartest man in the world, was a master
hand-to-hand combatant and was invisible to all forms of technology. One
of his signatures, was the "T-Spheres"; floating Computer/Weapons that
Holt controlled mentally. When Felicity inspects Curtis Holt's "world
changing prototypes" one of them was a T-Sphere. (Indicating that Curtis
might become Mr. Terrific.)
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As revealed in an episode of The Flash
(2014), in the parallel universe of Earth Two, Oliver was the one to
die when the Queen's Gambit sank, leading to his father Robert Queen to
establish the mantle of The Arrow.
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