History Characters / GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns

* AGodIAmNot: Had almost unlimited powers during the Ion arc until Comicbook/{{Superman}} pointed out that people were starting to worship him. This realization led him to give up the Ion energy and rebuild the Central Power Battery.
** ''Circle of Fire'' reveals that a part of Kyle ''is'' tempted to give into AGodAmI, but his better self keeps that desire in-check.

** ''New Guardians'' claims that he has the rare potential to channel all seven colors of the emotional spectrum.
** In ''New Guardians'' #16, Kyle masters all seven colors and becomes [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps a White Lantern]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Early in his career, Kyle had a raging inferiority complex and despaired of living up to the legacy of Hal Jordan. He gets over this after Comicbook/GreenLanternRebirth, as developing his own relationship with Hal makes Kyle realize that they have different strengths and talents.

* 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/JLA1997.

* MrImagination: Being an artist, he has one of the most powerful imaginations in the entire corps to take advantage of the ring, coming up with creative ways to beat bad guys.

* SequentialArtist: He is a professional comic book artist and writer. If he's fighting alongside other Lanterns, this tends to be shown as influencing his style of combat.

** It has been pointed out, in-universe, that he is the living incarnation of the old saying that "courage is being afraid, but going ahead anyhow", and it has been remarked at least twice that it is the fact that he ''does'' become afraid that makes him a better Lantern than Hal Jordan.

* NoPronunciationGuide: "Guy" is pronounced like the English word, which might not be immediately obvious to readers more familiar with the French pronunciation, "Gey".

!!! '''First Appearance''': ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #48

Currently, she co-stars in ''Justice League Odyssey''.

* RedHotViolent: Guy is the most stereotypically masculine of the male Earth Lanterns, being brash, violent, and having an appreciation for the opposite sex. He has [[FieryRedhead red hair]] and has been a Red Lantern twice.

* ChildProdigy: Lets face it, if you’re an 11-year-old who can hack a Green Lantern battery, a complicated, ancient, and ''incredibly'' sophisticated alien system and the most powerful and notably picky EmpathicWeapon in the universe, you’re definitely this.
** Somewhat subverted as she didn’t actually hack a battery but was given a gauntlet that could access one in a different way. However she was still somewhat of a young inventor does master the gauntlet’s use rather quickly.
* {{Expy}}: She was given a weapon that could access the Green Lantern battery by a dying alien. Sound familiar?

* InNameOnly: The Infinite Frontier relaunch has John Stewart more or less tell her that this is her status as a Green Lantern since she's not an official member of the Corp. Though he wasn't saying this to be cruel as much as explain why the Guardians were interested in having her Gauntlet studied and explain why she could not follow him in investigating the Dark Multiverse.

* LastOfHerKind: Along with Jo, she's the last green lantern after the Oan power battery explodes in the 2021 run.

* HotBlooded: She quick to argue and when she hears that Sinestro might be responsible for the Central Battery destruction and the deaths of several aliens and lanterns age shoots off on a solo RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Knows this, and uses these feelings to fuel his rage in fighting Atrocitus.

* ChickMagnet: He's considered ''very'' attractive and has dated a lot of attractive women. He's introduced as having just broken up with Alex, and would later have long-term relationships with Jade, the green-skinned model daughter of Alan Scott. After that, Kyle would date Donna Troy, who's basically a younger-looking Wonder Woman, who is acknowledged in-universe as one of the world's most beautiful women. After ''that'', Kyle dated Soranik Natu, the HotScientist daughter of Sinestro. After ''that'', he would date Carol Ferris, as she found herself more in love with Kyle than Hal Jordan. While working with the Omega Men, he also had a relationship with beautiful space princess Kalista, though with that one it wasn't clear if she really had feelings for him; at the very least, they had a physical relationship.

* CowboyCop[=/=]MilitaryMaverick: As one Guardian waspishly remarks during ''Sinestro Corps War'', Earth Lanterns will do what they do best - look after themselves and disobey orders. There are worse summaries, with Ganthet later telling the Controllers with some amusement that he and the other Guardians have been trying to control the Earth Lanterns (who are on a RoaringRampageOfRescue) for years, and he doesn't think that they'll have much luck.

* HeroicWillpower: He couldn't work the job without it..

!! Main Lanterns

* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Kyle Rayner. Guy gets along surprisingly well with Kyle to the point where they're like brothers. Kyle is the NiceGuy and even when Guy is acting like a {{Jerkass}} never looks down on Guy and always gives Guy a measure of respect. Guy in turn sees Kyle as a bit of a rookie that he needs to look out for and once became so enraged when he thought Kyle was dead that a Red Lantern ring came for Guy and turned him into a Red Lantern. {{Averted|Trope}} in regards to [[ComicBook/GreenLanterns Simon and Jessica.]]

* DrillSergeantNasty: How he trains Jessica. It leads to her [[RunningGag punching him in the face.]]

* FriendToAllChildren: Present, although a DownplayedTrope almost to the point of being an InformedAttribute. In his first appearance, he was a teacher to disabled children, and 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.

* GotTheCallOnSpeedDial: After losing his original ring as part of a deal with Hal Jordan, Guy took Sinestro's evil Yellow Ring just so he could continue fighting crime. After Jordan got possessed by Parallax and went nuts, he destroyed that ring, but Guy subsequently developed new, non-ring powers. Those were later sealed, and he got a new green ring. Since then, he's lost it (and gotten it back) at least two more times, once in the War of the Green Lanterns, once during the Third Army event.

* TheLeader: Takes this role after Hal's TakingTheHeat moment, keeping the Corps together even when they're shunted into the previous, dying universe. Continues this role even after Hal comes back and things clear up. This is becoming a trend under writer Robert Venditti as John is now the leader of the Justice League.

* 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.

* InterspeciesRomance: With Soranik Natu.

* AngryBlackMan: His [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] personality.

* HartmanHips: Artists have ''really'' put focus on her backside, and she tends to be drawn with a very curvy lower body. This even got lampshaded once, with her ring declaring during a moment J-Bird was over-exherting it that it was being stretched "further than those yoga pants you still have from college".

* HartmanHips: To go with her AmazonianBeauty. She has very thick thighs in ''Far Sector''.

* BashBrothers: With Killowog. They first reunite in-comic by beating the crap out of each other then laughing afterwords.
** He now has this going on with Yellow Lantern Arkillo; they first became friends by beating the crap out of each other...
* BecomingTheMask: Somewhat. He was sent by Hal to go undercover with the Red Lanterns. However, he ended up beating up Atrocitus, taking his ring, and taking leadership over the Reds. He chose to stay with the Reds, and moulded them into protectors of Sector 2814 for a time. But comics being what they are, the ResetButton was inevitably pushed, and he's back to green once more.

* 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 a NiceGuy and always gives Guy respect even when Guy is acting immature.

* BloodKnight: His official job is a galactic peacekeeper, but damn if he doesn't love a good fight when he has to get his hands dirty.

* 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 forgives him... mostly.

* CowboyCop: He's not big on rules.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the leader of the corps and a definite ass kicker.

* BaldOfAuthority: Has been depicted as bald several times and is a high ranking member of the Corps.
* 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'.]]

* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: The Captain Smooth to Guy's Sargent Rough, although neither of them hold those exact rank.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: During the 70's, he was an angry black man social activist. In the 80s, he was more good-natured, even committing the occasional act of {{Gaslighting}}. Then the 90's hit and he became an introspective philosopher. Now he's a soldier with a chip on his shoulder.

* DaChief: Has become this now that the Guardians are gone.

* EpicFlail: It's kind of like his version of the boxing gloves; if he's not using some kind of rifle, he's using this.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phelgmatic.
* 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.

** 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.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He's able to out-snipe Bedovian, who can snipe targets from light-years away.

* TheLancer: Normally when all the Earth lanterns meet up, he takes this role.

* ScaryBlackMan: Generally an incredibly nice guy, but piss him off and watch that change.

* StiffUpperLip: Has begun developing one over the past few years.

* 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.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Has been depicted as bald several times and is a high ranking member of the Corps.

* HollywoodNerd: Kyle's a pop culture and Anime/Manga nerd, yet he still looks like a movie star.

The protagonist of the ComicBook/YoungAnimal series ''ComicBook/FarSector'', Jo Mullein is a former soldier and NYPD officer charged with policing the City Enduring, a Dyson sphere whose people have turned off their feelings -- until a drug epidemic leads to sudden outbursts of emotion and violence amongst the populace. She returns in the 2021 run of the main Green Lantern comic, being one of the three last people in the universe capable of wielding the Green Light after the Oan power battery explodes.

The protagonist of the ComicBook/YoungAnimal series ''ComicBook/FarSector'', Jo Mullein is a former NYPD officer charged with policing the City Enduring, a Dyson sphere whose people have turned off their feelings -- until a drug epidemic leads to sudden outbursts of emotion and violence amongst the populace.
She returns in the 2021 run of the main Green Lantern comic, being one of the three last people in the universe capable of wielding the Green Light after the Oan power battery explodes.

* YouAreinCommandNow: In the 2021 run, with most of the corps dead or stranded across the galaxy without power rings and the Guardians missing, Mullein is essentially promoted to head of the Green Lantern Corps.