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* BestFriend: Kyle Rayner is implied to be this with Guy in current continuity. While he is very close to Kilowog and the other earth lanterns, when he thought Kyle was dead during Blackest Night, he was so enraged that a red ring found him and turned him into a Red Lantern. Not only have they been through hell and back but it's implied that Guy sees him as a little brother and likes Kyle because Kyle never judges him. It also helps that Kyle is NiceGuy and always gives Guy respect even when Guy is acting immature.

** During the ''ComicBook/RiseOfTheThirdArmy'' event, the Guardians revoke him of his ring and Green Lantern status. He later gets his ring back.

* CharacterisationMarchesOn: When he first appeared, Guy Gardner was polite, considerate and well-mannered. He was also a teacher for disabled kids.
* ChivalrousPervert: In the ''Superbuddies'' he fondles Mary Marvel and is almost killed for it. He apologizes later on, admitting that it was inappropriate. The team is surprised, but forgive him... mostly.

* EveryoneHasStandards: When Guy first fought the new Blue Beetle, he was told by his ring that he needed to kill this strange enemy. But when Jaime Reyes's mask opened, revealing his face, Guy immediately stopped.

* FriendToAllChildren: Present, although a DownplayedTrope almost to the point of being an InformedAttribute. In his first apperance he was a teacher to disabled children, in a later story he applies to be a football coach before being informed that his lack of a secret identity makes him too much of a liability to be insurable.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: With Bleez, of the Red Lantern Corps.

* GreenEyedMonster: Why he hates Franchise/{{Superman}}. He even accused him of trying to steal Ice, even though ''she'' came on to him.

* HeroicWillpower UpToEleven: Guy's willpower is so strong that it almost overloads his ring. Every construct he creates has energy in excess causing them to sparkle, and even at rest, his ring is constantly releasing energy.

* KidnappedByTheCall: Despite the fact that he had no ring when ''ComicBook/GreenLanternTheLostArmy'' started he was still chucked into another universe with the rest of the Lantern Corps. As he himself put it;
-->''"One second I'm on earth minding my own business, not wearing any damn '''magic rings''', and the next I'm wearing '''two''' and I'm flung across the universe to god-knows where!"''
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He admired the JLI's General Glory and even behaved polite in his presence.

* RaisedCatholic: According to ComicBook/OmegaMen, but this wasn't an initial part of his backstory and hasn't been mentioned since.

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* TheAce: Upon joining the Green Lantern Corps and unmasking Sinestro as a fascist, Hal quickly became known as the greatest Green Lantern, that is, until he was possessed by Parallax.
* AcePilot: Hal was a flying ace in the U.S. Air Force, quite simply the best at his job.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Not Hal himself, but his mother Jessica, brothers Jack and Jim, and niece Jane all fit this trope.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: PlayedWith. He's widely considered as Alan Scott's successor as Green Lantern and is revealed to be Jewish but his powers are different than Scott's in origin and his Judaism wasn’t revealed until 2015.
* AllAPartOfTheJob: Hal loves being a GL despite his problems with the Guardians' rule and the obvious life-complicating consequences being a GL has.
* TheAtoner: Hal seeks to undo the harm he did when he was possessed by Parallax.
* BackFromTheDead: Hal Jordan's timely resurrection during the climax of ''Rebirth'', thanks in no part to the Guardians preserving his corpse. ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' serves as a huge lampshading and deconstruction of the whole thing.
* BadassNormal: Without his ring, Hal is a completely normal human. A completely normal human who is a member of the armed forces and who spent the Silver Age beating bears senseless bare-handed. Nowadays he's more tamed; he just likes to fight fellow Lantern, the superstrong Kilowog, ringless, for casual sport.
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Understandably, due to his becoming Parallax in the past.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Hal's current ring is not a typical Corps ring- it's one Hal forged from his ''very own willpower.''
--> ''"The Guardians told me once only '''they''' held the knowledge and ability to forge a ring. Can't believe it took me this long to prove them '''wrong."'''''
* BigDamnKiss: The very last page of ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps's'' run was him sharing one of these with Carol.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: While his origin might imply otherwise, Hal has a family that extends far beyond his father. Much to his chagrin.
* BloodBrothers: With his fellow Green Lantern earthmen: Guy, John and Kyle and fellow GL Kilowog, each owing each other his life many times over.
* BondingOverMissingParents: With Batman. Despite their differences, Hal and Bruce were able to find a common ground in this.
* BoringButPractical: Pretty much all of his constructs. A power ring he borrows from a fallen Green Lantern actually makes fun of him for wanting to make something as simple as a giant hand to hit criminals with.
* CharacterShilling: Other characters frequently declared Hal the greatest Green Lantern of all time - an impressive claim for an organization that has thousands of members at a time and has been in existence for ''three billion years''. In actuality, while Hal was generally good at his job, he frequently got knocked around by foes nowhere near his league, and was infamously unimaginative, tending to default to giant boxing gloves. This was generally avoided when he returned, with writer Creator/GeoffJohns being careful to give all the human Lanterns moments in the sun, and requiring Hal to earn other people's respect, but occasionally someone like Batman will still revert to uncharacteristic gushing.
** Played straight later in Johns' run, when Hal was once again specifically called the Greatest Green Lantern. However, it should be noted that Hal does have the feats to back it up and it can hardly be argued to be considered a hollow statement.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Hal was brash and cocky at first, nearly two decades on he's clearly mellowed out and usually takes the role of TeamDad to the other Lanterns. He's still prone to reckless acts of heroism, however. In the '70s and '80s, Hal had a tendency to constantly question himself, quit the Corps at least once, and was at times a self-hating wreck. This came to a head with ''Emerald Dawn''. Creator/GeoffJohns explained this away as Parallax's influence and eventually {{Retcon}}ned ''Emerald Dawn'' out of existence.
** That said, Johns did briefly bring back this aspect in the re-telling of his origin story, explaining it as being because of his father's death driving him to be reckless and push away the people who cared about him. He got over it when he became a Lantern, though.
** Additionally, in earlier stories Hal was, like most heroes of the time, very scientifically gifted, and would frequently use his scientific knowledge to great effect.
* ChickMagnet: He has dated Carol Ferris (his principal love interest), Arisia (another Green Lantern) and Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman (another ace pilot).
* ClarkKenting: During the UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
* CodeName: He has his own pilot code name: Highball, which was a call-sign used by old train operators which used to mean "Full speed ahead".
** Also an oblique reference to his history of drinking before it was retconned, and to the way he'd destroy expensive equipment rather than risk letting anyone die -- if he's used, highball the losses instead of lowballing them.
* CulturedWarrior: Despite modern interpretation of the character, and the IdiotHero trope, Hal did once quoted a passage from Shakespeare, specifically, Richard the II's Act V, scene 3, all the while beating the snot out of some villains without using his ring.
* DatingCatwoman: With Carol Ferris, when she's possessed by the Star Sapphire gem. Less so after she shakes its influence.
* DeadpanSnarker: Quite so. Considering that he's a hotshot pilot, he tends to come up with some quips and witty banter. ''Especially'' around Batman.
* DeathIsCheap: Has died (and [[DisneyDeath “died”]]) and been brought back to life more times than quite possibly any other Lantern.
* DressedInLayers: Hal used to wear his uniform under his clothes in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Silver Age]], but he eventually realized he does not have to bother when he can simply use his power ring to change his clothes into that outfit.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged, if not averted concerning his actions as Parallax. While the human Lanterns and some of the Justice League forgave Hal after he [[DeathEqualsRedemption sacrificed himself to save the Earth,]] others only started to forgive him once it was revealed he was being [[DemonicPossession influenced by Parallax]] the whole time. Others, most prominently Batman and the Lanterns Hal's rampage had directly affected, took much longer to fully trust him again. Hal himself has also admitted that he has yet to forgive ''himself'' for what he did.
* EpicFail:
** Amusingly, Hal has been punched by his ring [[http://i.imgur.com/Zmn6fYa.jpg more than]] [[http://i.imgur.com/jHy7pXU.jpg once]]
** He once blamed a yellow roadside sign for his friend getting paralyzed, preceded to fly right into it and [[http://i.imgur.com/uXOHgi3.jpg knock himself unconscious.]]
* TheExile: Hal Jordan was exiled from Earth for a year by the Guardians, as punishment for not responding to a distress call from Ungara because he was helping Carol Ferris with business problems. Normally such an offense would have meant expulsion from the Corps, but his exemplary record saved him from that fate.
** He was later expelled from the Corps much later due to his cavorting with "known enemies of the Corps" (read:the New Guardians) and [[spoiler:managing to will his ring into killing Krona, who was then like a Guardian in all but name]].
** And ''again'', post-Convergence, Hal was on the run without his ring, as part of a plan to take the fall for the rest of the Corps, whose reputation had suffered after the events of the Third Army and the Durlan war. Kilowog was in on the plan, so when Hal returned, he had someone to vouch for him.
* FaceHeelTurn: An infamous example: Back in the nineties, following the destruction of Coast City and a resulting mental breakdown, Hal completely lost his sanity and decided to fix his failure to save Coast City... by killing the Green Lantern Corps, killing Sinestro and [[ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime then killing the universe... so he could remake reality "right".]] Fittingly he got better and went on to [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifice himself to save the world]] in ''ComicBook/FinalNight''.
** DemonicPossession: Years later, Geoff Johns retconned the whole thing to Jordan being possessed by the anthropomorphic personification of fear, Parallax, that influenced Jordan to commit those villainous acts.
* FallenHero: After being possessed by Parallax, Hal killed several of his former friends and comrades in the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps utterly, becoming a villain of immense power. He died redeeming himself, got revived and now seeks to make amends.
* FearlessFool: (In)famously considered to be without fear, even by other heroes. Hal reminisces that after his worst fear became real in front of him (his pilot father dying in a flying accident), he didn't have anything else to fear. Later he got wiser and realized it was not that he was fearless, but that he can overcome great fear.
* FightingYourFriend: Did this a lot as Parallax, somewhat overlapping with IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight (though, of course, they didn't know he was possessed at the time). More recently, Hal had to fend against the revival of the Darkstars meting out KnightTemplar justice- led by Tomar-Tu, one of Hal's closest non-human Lantern friends.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* GenerationXerox: His best friend is Barry Allen, the second Flash, with whom he has a close partnership. Just like Alan Scott had with Jay Garrick.
* HateSink:
** After becoming in charge of the Corps, Hal attempted to invoke this on ''himself'' after the Universe has become disillusioned with the Corps by faking his abandoning of the Corps with the help of Kilowog so as to redirect the blame to himself.
** Another in-universe example, when he first returned to the Corps after Parallax, more than a few of the other Lanterns felt this way towards him (somewhat understandably). Hal has since worked hard to earn the trust of his fellow Lanterns back.
* TheHero: Whenever the four Earth Lanterns unite, you can expect Hal to be the leader and/or the character with the most importance to the story.
* HeroicWillpower: Brought to extremes on many occasions, and his will ''always'' comes out on top, even going as far as to [[spoiler:control a Black Ring and '''''Nekron''''' himself]]. He is, in fact, considered to have the strongest willpower in the universe. Let's also not forget that time he was the Spectre -- something that requires more than a little strength of spirit to do.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] and [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Queen]]. Occasionally implied with the other Lanterns, but it's rarely held for long.
* HopeBringer: "Our rings could be out of power, we could be trapped in the edge of a black hole facing Evil Star, but if I looked Hal in the eyes, if he told me we were going to get out of it, I always believed him"- John Stewart on Hal Jordan.
* HotBlooded: Not as much as Guy, but a good chunk of his characteristic recklessness is due to this. Though, since it's also what makes him such a good Lantern, it works in his favour as much as it puts him in danger... usually.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He has issues with, and actively questions, the authority of his superiors, but he is put in unfortunate positions where he has to pull rank and exert his authority in very BecauseISaidSo ways as a Green Lantern on "lesser" governing bodies to save the day. Such as grounding an entire experimental aircraft initiative of the American government because its vehicles kept breaching other dimensions, or putting the entirety of the human race in a planet-sized drunk tank when they were intoxicated by Gamma radiation that gave them superpowers. In the latter case, despite this move saving them from a PlanetEater who was going to devour them all a few generations down the line, the population of Earth outright called Hal a "fascist".
* IdiotHero: During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, to keep the guy with the [[StoryBreakerPower near-omnipotent ring]] from ending any story in two minutes, he was portrayed as a bumbling moron who kept screwing up in hilarious ways. The WeaksauceWeakness compounds this, as Hal often figured out ways around the color yellow, only to forget them the next time it came up. Modern stories tend to paint him with an abject inability to plan long-term or know when to not charge in, both in actual fights and social situations. Later still, writers would give him a detachment from humanity and everyday life, with him lacking social skills and just not fitting in outside of his Green Lantern duties. While Hal can build and fly aircraft, that's the extent to which most writers are willing to take his intelligence.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: [[DownplayedTrope Subtle,]] but it's there: while Hal is cocky and quick to boast, there are moments of HeroicSelfDeprecation and internal reflection that reveal he takes his mistakes ''very'' hard, blames himself often, and generally regards his own life as less important than that of those around him.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Arisia.
* ItsAllMyFault: How he regards everything he did as Parallax. To the point where Hal blames himself for not realizing what was happening or having the willpower to stop himself, in spite of the fact it had been [[MindRape wearing down his psyche]] ''well'' before he hit the DespairEventHorizon with the destruction of Coast City.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Towards Carol when she was dating Kyle.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be ''extremely'' cocky to the point of outright arrogance, and often clashes with other heroes, but is ultimately a good man and genuinely believes in being a hero.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He didn't hesitate a second before accepting the ring given to him by Abin Sur.
** In issue 4 of "The Road Back". He's spent the previous three and a half issues wandering around, taking odd jobs and trying to find some purpose in life in the absence of the Green Lantern Corps, which didn't exist at the time. When he finds out that an insane Guardian is taking cities from all over the universe and relocating them to Oa, he mans up, recites the GL Oath, and heads out into space to deal with the problem.
* TheLeader:
** Briefly, of the Green Lantern Corps following the defeat of the First Lantern and the death of Guardians of the Universe. Subsequent [[ComicBook/LightsOut events]], however, forced him to [[TakingTheHeat take the blame]] for the Corps' mistakes, so the universe didn't revolt against them. He's happy with John being the Leader.
** Whenever the Earth Lanterns specifically are teaming up, the narrative tends to treat Hal as this too, probably by virtue of his greater experience/prominence compared to the others.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Hal grew up wanting to be a pilot just like his father. Even watching his father die didn’t deter him -- something which put a strain on his relationship with his mother, who was worried that Hal would die the same way his father did, to the point of forbidding him from even stepping foot on an airfield.
* LimitedWardrobe: Hal can always be seen wearing his father's brown pilot jacket when he's not in-uniform. He even forms an ethos around it, taken from a saying his father used to have: a real man wears his jacket proudly on his shoulders but keeps it unzipped, ready to be offered to anyone who might need it more.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: The explanation for the distinctive gray of Hal Jordan's temples was Parallax, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Fear, exerting its influence over him. When it possessed him first, and every other time afterward, he has had the gray-hair.
* LoveableRogue: Despite being in the Air force and the GLC, Hal has some problems with authority and often goes explicitly against orders [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight if he feels he's doing the right thing.]]
* MilitaryMaverick: Can be both in the U.S. military and the Green Lantern Corps.
* MilitarySuperhero: Hal's lifelong dream was to be a pilot like his dad. So he joined the U.S Air Force and became an Ace jet fighter pilot. He got himself dishonorably discharged so he could see his mother on her deathbed (she hated Hal being a pilot since Hal's dad died that way), but was given a second chance years later. At one point, he was even a POW. Unlike John, though, it's not a big aspect of Hal's background.
* MrFanservice: Less so than [[PrettyBoy Kyle Rayner]], but there's still a great deal of attention paid to Hal's ass, hair and jawline - even in-universe.
* MyGreatestFailure: The destruction of Coast City.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: With his mother. When Hal ran away to join the Air Force when he was eighteen, his mother was heartbroken and refused to speak to him unless he quit. When he heard she was dying, Hal got himself dishonourably discharged to see her, only to arrive too late.
* PhysicalGod: During his time as Parallax and the Spectre he was capable of taking on (and ''being'') immense cosmic threats and [[RealityWarper reality warping]] feats.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: With Carol. Though the two of them do love each other, the circumstances and complications of life as a superhero along with Hal’s own problems with commitment get in the way of them having a stable relationship. They’ve tried several times despite this, but have never been able to make it work. Most flash forwards tend to show that they will indeed settle down and get married at some point, but given the nature of comic books, it’s anyone’s guess if that will actually happen- or if it will stick.
* RelativeButton: Hal is very protective of his brother Jim and his family, so villains that press this are the ones that truly get under Hal’s skin. During Sinestro Corps War, Parallax threatening his family was enough to make Hal tear off to fight it single-handedly, despite his ring running on fumes.
** Also extends to [[LoveInterest Carol,]] as the only time Hal has seriously threatened to kill Sinestro (without an outside force messing with his head) is when Sinestro put a gun to Carol’s head.
* SanitySlippage: Emerald Twilight hit Hal hard with this trope, given that the writers had to somehow justify his [[ExecutiveMeddling abrupt]] turn to supervillainy. Hence how Hal goes from kneeling alone in a crater where his home used to be, to talking to constructs like they were real people, to a blind psychotic rage-fuelled rampage against the Guardians, to hitting the DespairEventHorizon at full force after he murders Kilowog.
** Later retcons explained this sudden JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope as the cosmic parasite Parallax taking advantage of Hal’s grief at the loss of Coast City to creep into his mind and break his will.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The true underlying reason for Hal's constant problems with authority: it's not that he has a problem with authority as a ''concept-'' it's just that when it comes to choosing between his orders and his principles, he'll pick what he thinks is right over what other people are telling him is right.
* ShaggyDogStory: Hal become the leader of the Corps after the Guardians' deaths. However, during his tenure the Corps was repeatedly attacked and seemed powerless to defend itself. To stop the universe from losing faith in the Green Lanterns, Hal decided to [[TakingTheHeat take the blame]] by stealing Krona's Gauntlet and making it seem like the Corps' ineffectiveness was entirely his doing. The plan worked... and then the entire Corps vanished, making it pointless.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: By the time of New 52, Hals personal life on Earth has pretty much fallen apart to the point that when he’s kicked out of the corps he finds he is this trope. He looses his job and his apartment and he overall feels stranded on Earth to the point that he jumps to the opportunity to work with Sinestro. A lot of stories since then have shown him leaving his responsibilities on earth and his position on the League to John, Simon or Jessica as he feels more at home on Mogo. In the first issue of “ComicBook/TheGreenLantern : Season Two” John asks him when he’s coming back to say hi to his friends on Earth and he compares Earth to his childhood backyard when he didn’t know there was a whole world out there. Later on in that issue he shows a frown when he is given an assignment on Earth.
* StrawmanPolitical: In the "Hard-Travelling Heroes" arc of the '70s, Hal was portrayed as an unquestioning tool of the establishment for [[WriterOnBoard Green Arrow]] to knock down. Averted in the most famous story in that era; "Snowbirds Don't Fly", where Ollie is too disgusted at Roy's drug use to do more than punch him in the face and yell at him. Hal meanwhile helps him find a place to stay and aids him in kicking his heroin addiction. Averted in his first appearances, which were FairForItsDay, where he worked for a woman in a military role, without ever questioning her suitability. Modern appearances usually cut down on any conservative traits he has, and instead paint him as very anti-authority.
* SuperMode: In ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps,'' thanks to wielding [[SuperPrototype Krona’s Gauntlet]] for an extended amount of time, Hal was able to tap into the Green Light, allowing him to ‘become willpower’, giving him the appearance of a hard light construct and the ability to output immense (and explosive) amounts of willpower. [[DeadlyUpgrade This power boost was not without drawbacks, however;]] Hal noted that if he spent too long in that form, he would be absorbed into the emotional spectrum and lose his sense of identity, something that did indeed nearly happen when he used this temporary power up to stop a Parallax empowered Sinestro.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the New Guardians during Blackest Night and Brightest Day, given that they were all members of different, conflicting Corps united against a common enemy.
** Also with Batman during the rockier parts of their relationship, though DependingOnTheWriter their dynamic can also be that of FireForgedFriends. They always butt heads, but there is usually some degree of mutual respect and appreciation between them.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Hal resigned from the Green Lantern Corps in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #181, after Carol forced him to choose her or the Corps, but he rejoined them at the end of the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Tries to invoke this whenever anything involving emotional entities comes up thanks to his experiences with Parallax. His fellow heroes usually have none of it.
* ThrillSeeker: Deliberately chooses to [[InHarmsWay not wear his ring while testing highly dangerous experimental aircraft,]] because he “doesn’t want a safety net”. Though he claims that this is because his instincts wouldn’t be as reliable if he knows he can fall back on the ring, thus making him less effective as a test pilot, the fact that he has been shown to intentionally push jets beyond their testing limits (to sometimes literally explosive results) makes it pretty evident that he mainly does this because he finds the danger fun.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Corps, but more so to his fellow Lanterns. Tellingly, now that John Stewart is serving as Corps Leader, Hal 'problem-with-authority' Jordan doesn't question him ''nearly'' as much as he did the Guardians.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Oliver Queen and Guy Gardner on occasion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: As Parallax, at least prior to the retcon that revealed he was possessed the whole time. His goal was to bring back Coast City and all the people that had died in its destruction, and to undo all the tragedy that had occurred due to the universe being ‘unfair’. The problem was the methods he went about achieving this involved wiping out all of reality...
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Carol. ''Constantly.'' They break up and get together so much that it's not even noteworthy anymore, to the point that Grant Morrison had it happen ''off-panel'' between their run and ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''.
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[[folder:Guy Gardner]]
!!Green Lantern 2814.2: Guy Gardner/The Warrior
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Warrior]]

->'''Homeworld:''' Earth

When Abin Sur crashed on Earth, his ring detected two people who were sufficiently brave and honest to be named his replacement. Hal Jordan was closer in proximity and he gained the ring. Years later, however, the other candidate--a former football player named Guy Gardner--was contacted by the Guardians to act as Jordan's backup, and the HotBlooded Green Lantern has been kickin' butt ever since.

Following a clash with Jordan, in which the loser left the Green Lantern Corps, Guy acquired the presumed-dead Sinestro's yellow power ring to continue fighting evil. Later, after Jordan (under the influence of Parallax) destroyed the Green Lantern Corps, Guy challenged Jordan again, but lost the fight and his yellow ring. Soon after, however, he learned that he possessed traces of alien DNA from a race of AncientAstronauts called the Vuldarians, granting him the ability to form his body into any kind of weapon. During this time, Guy called himself Warrior.

Just before Hal Jordan was resurrected, Parallax used the Spectre's power to force Guy's Vuldarian powers into dormancy while giving him back a Green Lantern ring to make Guy its slave. It backfired, and Guy helped defeat Parallax and restore Jordan. Today, Guy is once more a HotBlooded Green Lantern and the very first member of the Guardians' Honor Guard.

He later joined the Red Lantern Corps, where he is TheMole for the Green Lanterns so the Red Lantern Corps won't attack the Green Lantern Corps while they rebuild themselves and eventually rises up as their leader (for a while), before returning to the Green Lantern Corps.
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* IdentityAmnesia: In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. Tired of having Batman in command, Guy took off the ring and tried to settle things as men do. Batman thrashed the hell out of him in a single punch. When he woke up, he tried to retrieve his ring from beneath a desk, and got a second TapOnTheHead. When he woke up, he was a new Guy Gardner, interested in poetry, good feelings, friendship, respectful, being nice to everyone... in short, everything that Guy Gardner is not. He stayed that way for several months (even across the ''ComicBook/{{Millennium}}'' crossover), and then returned to his true self against Lobo.

When Hal Jordan needed a backup and Guy Gardner was out of commission, the Guardians selected John Stewart, a fearless Marine turned activist, to wield the emerald light. John used the ring to shed light on society's ills as well as fight evil across the universe.He even for a time became the master of a patchwork community known as the Mosaic World. His light dimmed, however, when he failed to save a planet from destruction due to his own arrogance.

John is perhaps the second-most famous of the Lanterns, despite never serving as the star of the franchise like Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner. This recognition is due in large part due to him being the Lantern that appeared on the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' animated series, which reinvigorated him as a character.

* AscendedExtra: Initially, he was just Jordan's backup Lantern, then took over the title for a few years when Jordan's resignation had him called to regular duty and got his own series for a while until the Corps was largely depowered and disbanded. Twenty years later with the Corps restored, he is Jordan's regular duty partner for their space sector. He was also the most recognizable Lantern in real life for a time, due to the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' animated series leading many a viewer to associate John with the Lantern mantle.Now he has a major role in ''Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps'' As the leader of the Green Lanterns.

* BatmanGambit: As the new leader of the Corps, he's beginning to pull these off more and more. [[spoiler: Such as when Soranik Natu and her Yellow Lanterns betray the corps and he uses a 'Katma' protocol to shut down their rings with a 'Green Impurity'.]]

* DatingCatwoman: With Fatality, not always of his own free-will.
** Or hers, as it turns out (though Stewart's equally upset to find out).

* TheDreaded / TheFriendNobodyLikes: Several other Green Lanterns are terrified of John, due to that whole "blows up planets" rep.

* HeroicWillpower: More so than Hal, Kyle or Guy. John's willpower is so strong it almost caused his ring to ''blow up'', something that's only happened before with Sinestro and Ganthet.
** When the UV Lantern tattoo destroyed his ring and to control trip of him he was able to fight it off and will the UV ratio into a green lantern tattoo.

* OpenSecret: During the "secret identity" days, John was pretty open about his identity, so that several people in his neighbourhood already knew, but the news crews had a hard time catching up to a guy who could fly.

* RefusalOfTheCall: When the Guardians summoned him to replace Hal and Guy full-time, John emphatically said "no" (that they'd summoned him while he'd been eating breakfast didn't help). Then several other Lanterns came into the room and started shaming him for it. John [[NobodyCallsMeChicken took the job just to show them otherwise]]. Some time into his career, he admits to Katma Tui that it's causing issues. He never wanted the job, but now he has it, he's determined to put his all into it.

* TokenBlackFriend: Largely averted considering that although Jordan and Stewart got along well enough, Stewart was never intended to be a sidekick to Jordan, just his reservist, which means by definition that he and Jordan would not be on duty simultaneously. Eventually, Stewart would replace Jordan full time when he resigned and when the Corps was reformed and expanded in ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'', Stewart was promoted to being Jordan's full time equal regular duty partner for their sector

* FingerlessGloves: As part of his outfit. He also wore fingerless gloves prior to becoming a Green Lantern.

* ChildProdigy : Lets face it, if you’re an 11-year-old who’s able hack into a Green Lantern battery, a complicated ancient sophisticated alien system and the most powerful and notably picky EmpathicWeapon in the universe, you’re definitely this.

* FishOutOfWater: she jumps right into action but like Jinny Hex, is not ready for the craziness that super-heroics brings, let alone Young Justices special brand of weirdness.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: The Preboot/Retroboot version of Rond who died holding back The Legion of Super-Villains, The Fatal Five, Universo, and Superboy-Prime.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrificed himself to hold of Superboy-Prime and his army of supervillains.
* MadDictatorsHandsomeSon: His father Universo is a psycho bent on taking control of the United Planets for himself. Rond twice sabotages his plans even before becoming a Green Lantern.
* TheProfessor: The non-GL version from the '90s Legion.
* ShoutOut: The [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/10/108518/2090631-rondvidar.jpg outfit]] he's wearing here looks suspiciously like one of the costumes of another [[Series/DoctorWho time-travel enthusiast]]...
* TeenGenius: Possesses an intellect sharp enough to outwit his EvilGenius father, Universo.

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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: TropeNamer of a sort, as it happened to his girlfriend.

* EnemyWithout: In ''Green Lantern: Circle of Fire,'' Kyle accidentally creates a sentient construct named Oblivion who is the externalization of the dark impulses that he represses. Unfortunately for Kyle (and the world), Oblivion is also all-powerful and hellbent on destroying ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA.

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!!Green Lantern 2814.4: Kyle Rayner/Ion/White Lantern

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