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* MoralDissonance: Oliver's methods can sometimes be extreme, especially at the start of the series. He also has a habit of taking out mooks but leaving their bosses alive.

* BeautyMark: He has a mole on his lips much like his mother.

* CompositeCharacter: He combines aspects of other DC characters with the comic book Oliver Queen, namely;

-->'''Oliver:''' I'm having some trouble with my computer and they told me that you were the person to come and see. I was at my coffee shop surfing the web and I split a latte on it.\\

* BadassBeard: At least on the island, given how he didn't shave for five years(turns out it was fake but still counts). Off the island, not so much. However, by "Year's End", he seems to be growing it out more and more.

** Reveals to keep a ''kryponite arrow'' in his arsenal in case an [[UpToEleven an evil version of Kara showed up.]]

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!![[Franchise/GreenArrow Oliver Jonas Queen]]

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!![[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Jonas Queen]]

-> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see his Earth-16 counterpart

* WorthyOpponent: In a deliberate contrast to every other major villain on the show, Oliver seems to view Ra's al Ghul in this light and doesn't hold any strong personal enmity against him, despite how he attacked Thea, manipulated Oliver into becoming his heir, and tried to destroy Star City (all of which would've never happened if it hadn't been for Malcolm's machinations). When Talia helps Prometheus capture him, Oliver straight up tells her that Ra's would be deeply disappointed with what she's done, despite it all being done to avenge her father.

* NotSoDifferent: Oliver and Prometheus are distorted, mirror images of each other. Their respective crusades are driven by the desire to avenge their fathers, they both went through hell to become skilled combatants, and they both take pleasure in killing. However...

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* AloofAlly: To Supergirl in the [[CrisisCrossover "Invasion!" crossover,]] who's turned off by his [[TheStoic stern, no-nonsense demeanor]] when Barry introduces them. He later benches her and flat out admits to Kara that when he deals with something new (metahumans, now an AlienInvasion and The Multiverse) he has a tendency to push back and "claw back a sense of normalcy." After they [[FireForgedFriends fight alongside each other and drive off the Dominators,]] he [[JerkassRealization later apologizes]] for keeping her at arm's length.

** He and Laurel "struggled" to be this throughout the first two seasons, they succeeded near the end of Season 2...and then switched back to a turbulent relationship throughout Season 3. They do finally succeed during Season 4, after Oliver has [[HeroOfAnotherStory John Constantine]] restore a revived Sara's soul.

* WorldsStrongestMan: After he becomes ComicBook/TheSpectre, Oliver is hands down the most powerful hero in existence, having multiversal levels of power. Particularly notable in that he was already the WorkdsBestWarrior, making him StrongAndSkilled.

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** Prometheus. He quickly becomes Oliver's most hated and personal enemy in a way that even outclasses Malcolm and Slade. He terrorizes Star City and kills several innocent people, subverts recruit Evelyn into turning against Oliver, manipulates Oliver into killing Felicity's boyfriend Billy Malone, psychologically tortures him by breaking out Black Siren and having her impersonate the deceased Earth-1 Laurel (who was Oliver's FirstLove), and eventually forces Oliver to turn the city against his superhero identity, branding him a criminal. And all this while under the guise of FalseFriend DA Adrian Chase, who buttered him up to gain his trust, aiding him as one of his closest confidants within his administration and even helping Diggle get out of military prison. Once Oliver learns the truth, he is ''not'' happy, and with the charade gone the two don't even try to hide how much they hate each other. He then proceeds to set himself up as Oliver's greatest enemy, as he manages to do something that no villain preceding him had come even close to: breaking Oliver. He broke him so badly that Oliver no longer wanted to be Green Arrow and continue his crusade. And even as broken as he was, Oliver has come to hate Adrian ''so much'' that he was willing to let the Bratva establish a presence in Star City in exchange for killing his enemy. While Diggle snaps him back to his senses eventually, it becomes very clear that Oliver and Adrian's war only ends when the other is dead. Prometheus eventually kidnaps William and all of Team Arrow, forcing Oliver to recruit his old nemeses Malcolm and Slade to get them back.

** Of the three Merlyn/Queen progeny, he is the one most alike to Malcolm Merlyn. He is ''extremely'' talented at combat and has done many of the...less-than-moral things Malcolm has gotten up to over the years, such as torture. Tommy didn't have the stomach for such things and since he was never trained, it's unclear if he had any aptitude for combat. Thea is skilled and has an inner darkness to her, but it's offset by her temper and a stronger moral fiber. The irony in all this is that Oliver is the only one of the three to share not so much as a jot of Malcolm's blood.

* ItsPersonal: He had this type of conflict with every season's BigBad, barring Ra's al Ghul. Season 5 in particular embodies this; Prometheus has basically dedicated the rest of his life to ruining and destroying Oliver's, and unlike Slade, he's not bothering with the city, going for a more...''intimate'' approach. The entire season is nothing more than a prelude for what is arguably the biggest grudge match in the history of the Arrowverse.

* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Dates the Huntress, she leaves due to his disapproval of her methods. Dates [=McKenna=], she leaves after being shot during a confrontation between Oliver and Helena. Attempts to date Felicity in the season 3 opener, but when they're attacked, he takes it as a sign that he could never live a happy life as Oliver Queen and they tearfully call it off...for while.

** Oliver invokes this to hide his activities as the Hood. He further cultivates the image (and other related aspects of his SecretIdentity) by claiming to want to start a night club in an old Queen Consolidated warehouse...then doing absolutely nothing/making zero progress towards actually turning it into anything. Eventually Tommy steps in to assist with the renovations, having noted that no progress is being made. At which point the night club actually gets finished. This is even lampshaded in the second season, when Moira dismisses Ollie's involvement in the club as just being a hobby.

* TrainingFromHell: How is a SpoiledBrat able to hold his own against...everyone? Oh, right, five years alone (except for a few mentors) on an island against an army of merciless killers, some of whom are bonafide supervillains in their own right. And if you thought the Island was bad, wait until you see what the League does to him after he leaves.

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* PowerTrio:
** With Diggle and Felicity, the Original Team Arrow, being of the ThreeAmigos variant.
** With Barry and Kara, the Arrowverse Trinity, being of the SpeedSmartsAndStrength trio, with Oliver being the Smarts since he’s the tactical BadassNormal and de facto leader.