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* ActionDuo: With Jessica being the ActionSurvivor half and Simon being ActionHero half.
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** In fact at this point Simon is just a walking textbook case of this trope. First, there was his being chosen by a Ring that was a combination of Sinestro's Yellow Power Ring and Hal's Green Power Ring (seemingly impossible). Which coincidentally plucked him straight out of his wrongful imprisonment in the (seemingly inescapable) Guantanamo Bay facility and yes, we mean ''that'' facility. And then there's the fact that in one of his previous books, he had used this same Power Ring to heal someone supposedly "beyond" the abilities of a Green Lantern Ring's healing capabilities. In fact, that last incident is why he even thought to ''try'' the above [[TakeTheThirdOption Third Option]] in the first place, which makes one wonder [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands exactly how far this is going to keep escalating]].
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** In fact [[SerialEscalation at this point point]] Simon is just a walking textbook case of this trope. First, there was his being chosen by a Ring that was a combination of Sinestro's Yellow Power Ring and Hal's Green Power Ring (seemingly impossible). Which coincidentally plucked him straight out of his wrongful imprisonment in the (seemingly inescapable) Guantanamo Bay facility and yes, we mean ''that'' facility. And then there's the fact that in one of his previous books, he had used this same Power Ring to heal someone supposedly "beyond" the abilities of a Green Lantern Ring's healing capabilities. In fact, that last incident is why he even thought to ''try'' the above [[TakeTheThirdOption Third Option]] in the first place, which makes one wonder [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands exactly how far this is going to keep escalating]].
** Subverted in the final issue of the "Rage Planet" arc, though [[spoiler:as the ability fails to work on Atrocitus, who shrugs it right off and ''scoffs'' at him even trying it]]
** An ironic ''subversion'' towards the end of the first arc: It's mentioned fairly early in the series that Simon carries a loaded handgun as a "backup" in case the Ring runs out on him, and Jessica calls him out on this, saying he's a hypocrite and calling him insecure for relying on it instead of his Ring. You would think, therefore, that when Simon's Ring begins to run out of charge, that he'd wind up using it...[[spoiler:he doesn't, though, because the person he'd have to use it on is ''his own partner'' and he's [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold unwilling to do it]].]]
* HopeSpot:
** Poor Jessica gets a few of these throughout the "Rage Planet" arc, while trying to make her first construct.
** A certain Red Lantern gets one of these in Issue #3. (See below, in the InterruptedCooldownHug example, and above, in HeelFaceDoorSlam example)
** Simon gets one, too, towards the end of "Rage Planet", when he tries to [[spoiler:heal Atrocitus with the same power that let him cure both Jessica and Bleez of their Rage infections, and realizes that he can only go BeyondTheImpossible so many times before he meets something ''actually'' Impossible - because it turns out Atrocitus' eons-old Rage is [[OhCrap incurable by that method]].]]
** Poor Jessica gets a few of these throughout the "Rage Planet" arc, while trying to make her first construct.
** A certain Red Lantern gets one of these in Issue #3. (See below, in the InterruptedCooldownHug example, and above, in HeelFaceDoorSlam example)
** Simon gets one, too, towards the end of "Rage Planet", when he tries to [[spoiler:heal Atrocitus with the same power that let him cure both Jessica and Bleez of their Rage infections, and realizes that he can only go BeyondTheImpossible so many times before he meets something ''actually'' Impossible - because it turns out Atrocitus' eons-old Rage is [[OhCrap incurable by that method]].]]
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* MundaneUtility: Issue #7 features Simon and Jessica using their lantern rings to help speed up the process of making ma'amoul for Halloween.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The repeated use of this trope with Simon (and especially, all that happening within the first three or four issues of the run) has actually garnered some negative criticism from reviewers of the book.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The repeated use of this trope with Simon (and especially, all that happening within the first three or four issues of the run) has actually garnered some negative criticism from reviewers of the book.
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* MundaneUtility: Issue #7 features Simon and Jessica using their lantern rings Power Rings to help speed up the process of making ma'amoul for Halloween.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The [[SerialEscalation repeateduse use]] of this trope with Simon (and especially, all that happening within the first three or four issues of the run) has actually garnered some negative criticism from reviewers of the book.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The [[SerialEscalation repeated
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* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious from the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have slightly darker skin tones, but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
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* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but '''subverted/averted'''. Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious from the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have [[AmbiguouslyBrown slightly darker skin tones, tones]], but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
* TheStarscream: Thanks to the events in Issue #3, [[spoiler:Bleez becomes this once again for Atrocitus, because she now realizes she has an "out" from the Red Lantern Corps, but needs to ''hide'' the fact that she knows it lest he kill her. Given that factor and her history, it's inevitable she'll try to betray or work at cross-purposes with Atrocitus again in the future]]
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* WhamShot: The sight of the red light from the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad the Red Lantern Corps emblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied by Jessica and Simon's Rings giving them a steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...
** Then there's the final page of Issue #3 [[spoiler: where Jessica is revealed to have just attacked Simon, having been infected with the Rage from the Red Lanterns' EmotionBomb]]
** Then there's the final page of Issue #3 [[spoiler: where Jessica is revealed to have just attacked Simon, having been infected with the Rage from the Red Lanterns' EmotionBomb]]
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* WhamShot: The WhamShot:
**The sight of the red light from the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad the Red Lantern Corps emblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied by Jessica and Simon's Rings giving them a steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...
**Then there's the The final page of Issue #3 [[spoiler: where Jessica is revealed to have just attacked Simon, having been infected with the Rage from the Red Lanterns' EmotionBomb]]EmotionBomb]]
** The final page of the "Rage Planet" arc [[spoiler:which shows that the Red lanterns are succeeding in their plan after all, with the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Rage Seed]]" hatching, and presumably becoming a baby Butcher entity...which is ''developing inside the Earth's core'']].
**The sight of the red light from the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad the Red Lantern Corps emblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied by Jessica and Simon's Rings giving them a steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...
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** The final page of the "Rage Planet" arc [[spoiler:which shows that the Red lanterns are succeeding in their plan after all, with the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Rage Seed]]" hatching, and presumably becoming a baby Butcher entity...which is ''developing inside the Earth's core'']].
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Of course, the moment he leaves, [[FromBadToWorse the rookie-protected planet gets invaded]] by the [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]], because ''of course'' it does.
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Of course, the moment he leaves, [[FromBadToWorse the rookie-protected planet gets invaded]] by the [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]], because ''of course'' it does.
[[JurisdictionFriction they still are technically in charge of its sector]], and Hal broke [[ComicBook/LightsOut their agreement to have no active Green Lanterns]] in said sector.
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* MundaneUtility: Issue #7 features Simon and Jessica using their lantern rings to help speed up the process of making ma'amoul for Halloween.
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* ComicBookTime: Unsurprising for a DCComics series as the DCU pretty much runs on this, but it's pretty jarring when in the prologue one-shot, Simon Baz - who has been a character in the ''Green Lantern'' books since '''2012''' in RealLife publication times - is referred to as having been a Green Lantern for only a "few weeks" longer than Jessica Cruz. Speaking of which, subtler but still notable is that Jessica Cruz also only "recently" became a Green Lantern, as of the ''Green Lanterns'' books published in 2016. For some perspective, Jessica Cruz herself was introduced to the ''Justice League'' comics in late 2014 (by publication date)...yet it's implied that significantly less than a year has gone by since she was working with them. What happened to most of 2015?
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* ComicBookTime: Unsurprising for a DCComics Creator/DCComics series as the DCU pretty much runs on this, but it's pretty jarring when in the prologue one-shot, Simon Baz - who has been a character in the ''Green Lantern'' books since '''2012''' in RealLife publication times - is referred to as having been a Green Lantern for only a "few weeks" longer than Jessica Cruz. Speaking of which, subtler but still notable is that Jessica Cruz also only "recently" became a Green Lantern, as of the ''Green Lanterns'' books published in 2016. For some perspective, Jessica Cruz herself was introduced to the ''Justice League'' comics in late 2014 (by publication date)...yet it's implied that significantly less than a year has gone by since she was working with them. What happened to most of 2015?
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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured from left to right: our titular heroes, Green Lanterns Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, actually [[TeethClenchedTeamwork getting along for a change]]!]]
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* CarFu: Simon in Issue 2 uses a construct of an armored truck to break through a wall and a large crowd in order to save Jessica. Because it's a construct, this overlaps with the HardLight trope, too.
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* HardLight: One of the famous functions of their literal {{Green Lantern Ring}}s is giving them the ability to make "constructs" out of this...though Jessica has trouble with making these for a number of issues due to "insufficient Willpower".
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* ImprovisedWeapon: More than one example.
** Issue #2 - In a weird example (considering his Ring lets him make almost ''anything''), Simon uses a construct of an [[CarFu armored truck]] as a battering ram to get into the store where Jessica is trapped. It worked for that purpose, because, well...[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill armored truck]].
** Issue #3 - Jessica can't quite manage to manifest HardLight constructs yet, so at one point in the issue she just uses her Ring to lift a copy machine and ram it into the enemy. The good news is, it worked! The bad news is...[[InterruptedCooldownHug it worked]].
** Issue #2 - In a weird example (considering his Ring lets him make almost ''anything''), Simon uses a construct of an [[CarFu armored truck]] as a battering ram to get into the store where Jessica is trapped. It worked for that purpose, because, well...[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill armored truck]].
** Issue #3 - Jessica can't quite manage to manifest HardLight constructs yet, so at one point in the issue she just uses her Ring to lift a copy machine and ram it into the enemy. The good news is, it worked! The bad news is...[[InterruptedCooldownHug it worked]].
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* InterruptedCooldownHug: In Issue #3, when Simon attempts and [[BeyondTheImpossible succeeds at triggering]] a HeelFaceTurn in one of the Red Lanterns...until Jessica shows back up to "defend" him against the "enemy", and [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry ticks said Red Lantern off all over again]] (See: HeelFaceDoorSlam example, above). Particularly notable in that the roles of [[RedOniBlueOni who would normally try to talk down an enemy vs impulsively attack without knowing what's going on]] would seem to be reversed from what you'd expect...and particularly ironic, since Simon gets frustrated with Jessica for doing ''exactly'' what he probably would have done had their situations been reversed.
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books starting in 2012, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they [[TeethClenchedTeamwork don't rip each other apart in irritation first]], since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in their care]].
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in their care]].
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books starting in 2012, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they [[TeethClenchedTeamwork don't rip each other apart in irritation first]], since they [[HeadbuttingHeroes fail to get along from the moment they meet, meet]], and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in thefirst issue, opening "one-shot" chapter, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus [[HeroOfAnotherStory goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in their care]].
This prompts Hal, in the
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*ChekhovsBoomerang: That healing ability Simon discovered back in his initial run in ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' sure has come in handy, hasn't it? Twice, in fact, within the first 6 issues of the run.
*ChekhovsGun: Several times, but most notably:
** The "one-shot" - Hal Jordan fusing their Power Batteries together to force them to charge their Rings at the same time. Meant as a team-building exercise, but of course, this is a Green Lantern story, so several chapters later, one of them [[HourOfPower needs to charge theirs]] and the other is ...let's just say definitely unavailable at the time.
** Issue #1: The mention of "Rings" and a "Tower" and a "Blue Lady" by the angry redneck in Issue #1, considering he was ''infected with rage energy'', makes a lot more sense when we see Atrocitus monologueing about the Red Lanterns' plans. The "Tower" is a key component in the plan, the Blue Lady is one of the Red Lanterns, and the Red Lanterns use [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]].
*ChekhovsGun: Several times, but most notably:
** The "one-shot" - Hal Jordan fusing their Power Batteries together to force them to charge their Rings at the same time. Meant as a team-building exercise, but of course, this is a Green Lantern story, so several chapters later, one of them [[HourOfPower needs to charge theirs]] and the other is ...let's just say definitely unavailable at the time.
** Issue #1: The mention of "Rings" and a "Tower" and a "Blue Lady" by the angry redneck in Issue #1, considering he was ''infected with rage energy'', makes a lot more sense when we see Atrocitus monologueing about the Red Lanterns' plans. The "Tower" is a key component in the plan, the Blue Lady is one of the Red Lanterns, and the Red Lanterns use [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]].
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* EnsignNewbie: Played straight on two counts, as ''both'' the main characters are rookies, but they're immediately assigned by Hal Jordan to protect the ''entire planet Earth''. [[LampshadeHanging Acknowledged and lampshaded]] in the first issue, when Simon, already annoyed at Jessica's cluelessness when an apparent emergency came up, insists that he should get more say or be in charge over her, because "I have seniority," only for Hal to point out that it's only by "a few weeks". Jessica is a particularly extreme example though, as she never even got to train on Oa like most other Green Lanterns, being immediately put in the field instead.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, there's the reference to the "Blue Lady" in Issue 1 (who is in fact [[spoiler:later revealed to have been Bleez]]), but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
* FromBadToWorse: Though [[NoodleIncident only loosely-referenced]] (and referenced more so in the other GL book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''), most of the original Green Lantern Corps members have recently and suddenly vanished and the Central Precinct on Oa has apparently been ''destroyed'', leaving pretty much just Hal, Jessica and Simon. While Hal deals with/investigates that off in his own book, he leaves Earth with the two ''rookies'', both of whom already barely get along with each other...only for there to be an almost immediate invasion by the Red Lantern Corps, who want to turn the Earth into their new [[PoweredByAForsakenChild base/power source]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, there's the reference to the "Blue Lady" in Issue 1 (who is in fact [[spoiler:later revealed to have been Bleez]]), but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
* FromBadToWorse: Though [[NoodleIncident only loosely-referenced]] (and referenced more so in the other GL book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''), most of the original Green Lantern Corps members have recently and suddenly vanished and the Central Precinct on Oa has apparently been ''destroyed'', leaving pretty much just Hal, Jessica and Simon. While Hal deals with/investigates that off in his own book, he leaves Earth with the two ''rookies'', both of whom already barely get along with each other...only for there to be an almost immediate invasion by the Red Lantern Corps, who want to turn the Earth into their new [[PoweredByAForsakenChild base/power source]].
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* EnsignNewbie: Played straight on two counts, as ''both'' the main characters are rookies, but they're immediately assigned by Hal Jordan to protect the ''entire planet Earth''. [[LampshadeHanging Acknowledged and lampshaded]] in the first issue, when Simon, already annoyed at Jessica's cluelessness when an apparent emergency came up, insists that he should get more say or be in charge over her, because "I have seniority," only for Hal to point out that it's only by "a few weeks". Jessica is a particularly extreme example though, as she never even got to train on Oa like most other Green Lanterns, being immediately put in the field instead.
instead. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as ''literally'' only Simon, Jessica and Hal seem to be left out of the Corps, and Hal is explicitly stated to be [[HeroOfAnotherStory going off into space to look for the rest of the Corps]]. Earth is a trouble magnet, so it ''needs'' careful watching, and Hal can't stay to do it.
* ExactWords: Having been originally programmed by [[TheSpock the Guardians]], the Rings are ''very'' literal. PlayedForLaughs - repeatedly - when Jessica first tries to show off her abilities to her sister, tries flying, and then asks her Ring to "put me back on the ground" a moment later. It does so, but not ''gracefully''. She blurts out that she's "dying", and the Ring then informs her that she isn't, because it detects "no internal injuries". When she clarifies she means "of embarrassment", the Ring announces: "Scanning for Embarrassment...".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, there's the reference to the "Tower" and a "Blue Lady" in Issue1 #1 (who is in fact [[spoiler:later revealed to have been Bleez]]), but Bleez]])...and then there's also the more subtle case FiveSecondForeshadowing variation in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" literally only a ''page'' before [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
* FromBadToWorse: Though[[NoodleIncident only loosely-referenced]] loosely-referenced (and referenced more so in the other GL book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''), most of the original Green Lantern Corps members have recently and suddenly vanished and the Central Precinct on Oa has apparently been ''destroyed'', leaving pretty much just Hal, Jessica and Simon. While Hal deals with/investigates that [[HeroOfAnotherStory off in his own book, book]], he leaves Earth with the two ''rookies'', both of whom already barely get along with each other...only for there to be an almost immediate invasion by the Red Lantern Corps, who want to turn the Earth into their new [[PoweredByAForsakenChild base/power source]].
* ExactWords: Having been originally programmed by [[TheSpock the Guardians]], the Rings are ''very'' literal. PlayedForLaughs - repeatedly - when Jessica first tries to show off her abilities to her sister, tries flying, and then asks her Ring to "put me back on the ground" a moment later. It does so, but not ''gracefully''. She blurts out that she's "dying", and the Ring then informs her that she isn't, because it detects "no internal injuries". When she clarifies she means "of embarrassment", the Ring announces: "Scanning for Embarrassment...".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, there's the reference to the "Tower" and a "Blue Lady" in Issue
* FromBadToWorse: Though
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: For [[spoiler:Bleez, in issue three]]. Even some of the readers who disliked some aspects of the issue found this section to be well done...and therefore ''[[TearJerker heartbreaking]]''.
* HeelRealization: See "HeelFaceDoorSlam" example above, as it happens ''right'' before it.
* HeelRealization: See "HeelFaceDoorSlam" example above, as it happens ''right'' before it.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Bleez is this, as though she's not literally ''green'' it's still definitely not a color humans would come in. Then again, [[BizarreAlienBiology humans don't come with skeletal bat wings, either]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: For[[spoiler:Bleez, [[spoiler:the Red Lantern Bleez]], in issue three]].#3. Even some of the readers who disliked some aspects of the issue found this section to be well done...and therefore ''[[TearJerker heartbreaking]]''.
* HeelRealization: See "HeelFaceDoorSlam" example above, as it happens ''right'' before it.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Played very straight. Hal Jordan shows up in the opening "one-shot"...for a few pages. His entire role is to tell the rookies how badly they just screwed up and why, order them to suck it up and learn to work together, fuse their power batteries together to force them to charge their Rings at the same time and place as each other to reinforce that order, and then promptly go off into space. JustifiedTrope, as he's going to off to investigate where all the other several ''thousand'' Green Lanterns have literally ''vanished'' to, which is covered in a separate book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''. He leaves Earth in their care because he ''has'' to.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: For
* HeelRealization: See "HeelFaceDoorSlam" example above, as it happens ''right'' before it.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Played very straight. Hal Jordan shows up in the opening "one-shot"...for a few pages. His entire role is to tell the rookies how badly they just screwed up and why, order them to suck it up and learn to work together, fuse their power batteries together to force them to charge their Rings at the same time and place as each other to reinforce that order, and then promptly go off into space. JustifiedTrope, as he's going to off to investigate where all the other several ''thousand'' Green Lanterns have literally ''vanished'' to, which is covered in a separate book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''. He leaves Earth in their care because he ''has'' to.
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You Are In Command Now,Teeth Clenched Teamwork, Divided We Fall, I Know You're In There Somewhere Fight
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books starting in 2012, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books starting in 2012, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they [[TeethClenchedTeamwork don't rip each other apart in irritation first, first]], since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in theircare.care]].
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in their
* DividedWeFall: The Red Lantern Corps purposefully triggers this trope as they take advantage of the existing TeethClenchedTeamwork dynamic between the two heroes; by Issue #4 [[spoiler:one of the main duo is infected with the Red Light of Rage]].
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: In Issue #4.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Between Simon and Jessica.
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* UnusualChapterNumbers: The "''Rebirth'' one-shot" has a number 1 in the upper right corner of the cover...and yet the following issue does too, because it's considered the ''actual'' "Issue #1" in the series. See "Covers Always Lie" examples, above.
* VariantCover: For every issue including the "one-shot", which has probably only exacerbated the UnusualChapterNumbers-triggered issues noted above.
* VariantCover: For every issue including the "one-shot", which has probably only exacerbated the UnusualChapterNumbers-triggered issues noted above.
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** Assuming the Book of Oa still exists, it's an even more dead-on example of the trope; the Rings happen to be connected to it...if it still exists.
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** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as Issue #3's ''"Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten"'' and Issue #1's ''"[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"''
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** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as Issue #3's ''"Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten"'' and Issue #1's the one-shot's ''"[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"''
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***And then Issue #4 has Simon thinking almost literally ''the exact same thing'', after realizing his arrogance has screwed them both over [[spoiler:by ensuring that Jessica became susceptible to infection from the Rage energy [[OhCrap right as his Ring]] was running out of battery life]].
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** Since they're both rookies it shouldn't be surprising that Simon realizes ''he'' has unwittingly become this in Issue #4, though, balancing out poor Jessica's screw-ups, somewhat.
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** The series really likes [[LampshadeHanging bringing this factor up]], actually; Issue #4 has Simon's family members half-joking that when a mysterious alien shows up at their house looking for "Green Lantern" and they're unable to reach either Simon or Jessica, they should "call the Justice League" or pull out a "Bat-signal" or something. In this case, it's basically a JustifiedTrope in the sense that they would very much ''like'' to call the Justice League in to deal with the weird unsettling alien in their house, but don't know ''how''.
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
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At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' books previously, starting in 2012, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
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* ComicBookTime: Unsurprising for a DCComics series as the DCU pretty much runs on this, but it's pretty jarring when in the prologue one-shot, Simon Baz - who has been a character in the ''Green Lantern'' books since '''2012''' in RealLife publication times - is referred to as having been a Green Lantern for only a "few weeks" longer than Jessica Cruz. Speaking of which, subtler but still notable is that Jessica Cruz also only "recently" became a Green Lantern, as of the ''Green Lanterns'' books published in 2016. For some perspective, Jessica Cruz herself was introduced to the ''Justice League'' comics in late 2014 (by publication date)...yet it's implied that significantly less than a year has gone by since she was working with them. What happened to most of 2015?
** This follows the same protagonists outside this one book, too: ComicBookTime applies as much or more - and becomes [[ContinuitySnarl especially confusing]] - when you consider that the characters also appear together in the ''Rebirth''-era ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'', which was published concurrently with ''Green Lanterns'' but has a ''completely'' different world-threatening story. Both the early chapters of ''Green Lanterns'' and the first chapter of ''Justice League'' feature Jessica struggling to create her first proper HardLight construct, which makes them ''seem'' like they're taking place at the same time, but [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham the Justice League isn't involved in fighting the Red Lantern invasion]], and Simon and Jessica aren't dealing with a tsunami from the JL comics' plot in the middle of the Red Dawn, either. It's unclear which book is supposed to actually be set before the other, as both stories take place over a relatively short InUniverse period of time, too.
** This follows the same protagonists outside this one book, too: ComicBookTime applies as much or more - and becomes [[ContinuitySnarl especially confusing]] - when you consider that the characters also appear together in the ''Rebirth''-era ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'', which was published concurrently with ''Green Lanterns'' but has a ''completely'' different world-threatening story. Both the early chapters of ''Green Lanterns'' and the first chapter of ''Justice League'' feature Jessica struggling to create her first proper HardLight construct, which makes them ''seem'' like they're taking place at the same time, but [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham the Justice League isn't involved in fighting the Red Lantern invasion]], and Simon and Jessica aren't dealing with a tsunami from the JL comics' plot in the middle of the Red Dawn, either. It's unclear which book is supposed to actually be set before the other, as both stories take place over a relatively short InUniverse period of time, too.
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The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both a setup for ''Green Lanterns'' itself (which continues from there with an "Issue 1"), and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
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The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both a setup for ''Green Lanterns'' itself (which continues from there with an "Issue 1"), and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' comics.
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This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their Power Rings at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
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This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
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'''Simon:''' No evil shall escape my sight. [[SubvertedTrope Blah blah blah]]. Protect and serve. [[DeadpanSnarker You know the rest]].\\
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->'''Jessica Cruz:''' [[HeroicWillpower Courage over fear]]. [[LightIsGood Light over darkness]]. [[SurvivalMantra I keep repeating these to myself so I don't feel so afraid]]. In Brightest Day, in Blackest Night.\\
'''Simon:''' No evil shall escape my sight. [[SubvertedTrope Blah blah blah]]. Protect and serve. [[DeadpanSnarker You know the rest]].\\
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'''Simon:''' No evil shall escape my sight. [[SubvertedTrope Blah blah blah]]. Protect and serve. [[DeadpanSnarker You know the rest]].\\
-- ''Green Lanterns, Issue 1 ({{Internal Monologue}}s)''
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, there's the reference to the "Blue Lady" in Issue 1 (who is in fact [[spoiler:later revealed to have been Bleez]]), but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
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* CasualDangerDialogue: A few cases, and on top of that, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] on occasion:
** Played Straight: When Simon and Jessica first meet in the "one-shot", there's a crashed and potentially dangerous "unknown spacecraft" that they've both been called to investigate, but their initial conversation consists entirely of Simon wondering [[TakeUpMySword who died]] to make her a Green Lantern too ("[[RunningGag Please tell me it was Guy Gardner]]"), and Jessica being just plain confused as to what the hell he's talking about.
** Played Straight: When in Issue 1 Jessica manages to spout a reasonably authoritative-sounding Green Lantern-specific version of "come out with your hands up", Simon smirks and says "Hey, that actually sounded decent. You been ''practicing''?"
** Played Straight and Lampshaded: In Issue 3, when Jessica [[InternalMonologue notes]], while in the middle of a quip, that she "[[InvokedTrope keeps talking]]" to keep herself distracted from her anxiety, she stops to ponder... "wait, is that why the [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] never shuts up?"
** Played Straight: When Simon and Jessica first meet in the "one-shot", there's a crashed and potentially dangerous "unknown spacecraft" that they've both been called to investigate, but their initial conversation consists entirely of Simon wondering [[TakeUpMySword who died]] to make her a Green Lantern too ("[[RunningGag Please tell me it was Guy Gardner]]"), and Jessica being just plain confused as to what the hell he's talking about.
** Played Straight: When in Issue 1 Jessica manages to spout a reasonably authoritative-sounding Green Lantern-specific version of "come out with your hands up", Simon smirks and says "Hey, that actually sounded decent. You been ''practicing''?"
** Played Straight and Lampshaded: In Issue 3, when Jessica [[InternalMonologue notes]], while in the middle of a quip, that she "[[InvokedTrope keeps talking]]" to keep herself distracted from her anxiety, she stops to ponder... "wait, is that why the [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] never shuts up?"
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* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Rings function like a non-paperbound version of this (combined with a touch of OmniscientDatabase, though we have yet to see this aspect in play as much as it has been in other Franchise/GreenLantern stories)...assuming you think to ask it anything.
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* HeelRealization: See "HeelFaceDoorSlam" example above, as it happens ''right'' before it.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Played straight, and ''how''. Jessica has [[EnsignNewbie never been properly trained]] in her new powers before being forced to protect the Earth alongside Simon and [[TheMillstone it shows]]. Not only does she struggle to make [[HardLight constructs]] in the early chapters, she actually notes at one point in her InternalMonologue that she had asked her Ring to tell her [[MrExposition everything about itself]], where she learned little tidbits like the "morphology" type and serial number of her Ring and how many other people had it before her. But not how to make constructs, which she apparently needs to learn for herself. Funnily enough, averted with Simon, who is the one who keeps gaining NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and getting confused by them. The reason being Jessica is the cautious planning type who tries to learn as much as possible before she acts, while Simon just hasn't ''thought'' to [[YouNeverAsked ask the Ring these things]] because he's more impulsive.
** [[RuleOfFunny Played for humor]] when we see Jessica showing off her new abilities to her sister. She asks the Ring to make her fly, which it does. She then asks it to put her [[ExactWords back on the ground]], which it also does...if you count "ramming her into the ground hard enough to make a small crater" as "putting her back on the ground" (which [[LiteralGenie apparently the Ring does]]).
* HowDoIShotWeb: Played straight, and ''how''. Jessica has [[EnsignNewbie never been properly trained]] in her new powers before being forced to protect the Earth alongside Simon and [[TheMillstone it shows]]. Not only does she struggle to make [[HardLight constructs]] in the early chapters, she actually notes at one point in her InternalMonologue that she had asked her Ring to tell her [[MrExposition everything about itself]], where she learned little tidbits like the "morphology" type and serial number of her Ring and how many other people had it before her. But not how to make constructs, which she apparently needs to learn for herself. Funnily enough, averted with Simon, who is the one who keeps gaining NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and getting confused by them. The reason being Jessica is the cautious planning type who tries to learn as much as possible before she acts, while Simon just hasn't ''thought'' to [[YouNeverAsked ask the Ring these things]] because he's more impulsive.
** [[RuleOfFunny Played for humor]] when we see Jessica showing off her new abilities to her sister. She asks the Ring to make her fly, which it does. She then asks it to put her [[ExactWords back on the ground]], which it also does...if you count "ramming her into the ground hard enough to make a small crater" as "putting her back on the ground" (which [[LiteralGenie apparently the Ring does]]).
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"Space Police" not sure how I missed that one the first time around but here we go
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* SpacePolice: Hal, Simon and Jessica all are members of the Green Lantern Corps, one of the Trope Codifiers. The series isn't so heavy in its early chapters on the "space" part since it's [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse centered on Earth]], but both aspects get some play, with things like the Rings giving alerts and announcements in the form of "Codes" ("Code Red-12" is a spike of red-light-based Rage energy for instance), and often defining those Codes for their users in lawyer-speak (such as "Code Six Zero Three: Unlawful Execution" for a murder). The "Space" part comes into play more when they realize the Earth is being invaded, though, and Simon drags Jessica out to space to see [[spoiler:the massive number of Rage Spikes producing the Red Lantern Corps emblem across the face of the Earth]], as well as in the opening "one-shot" where Simon and Jessica are simultaneously called to see to a crashed alien ship [[spoiler:which turns out to be carrying a Manhunter robot. And also turns out to be a secret test, which they flunked by [[TheMillstone not figuring out how to work together]]. Oops]].
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* CoversAlwaysLie: More than one example, actually, though the worst one is ''definitely'' the fact that the ''Green Lanterns: Rebirth'' issue, which was [[BlatantLies described by the publisher as a "one-shot"]] actually includes a normal "issue numbering" circle up top with a "1" in it... ''as does the issue of the series that takes place after it''. Yes, really. Given that fans walked into the ''Rebirth'' event full well knowing there would be a Variant Cover for each issue of each series, ''including'' the "''Rebirth'' one-shots"? This probably caused more than a few people to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally skip the second issue in the series and go straight to the third one]] (which was, after all, [[ExactWords labeled as]] "Issue 2"). If you're wondering, the surefire way to tell the difference between the "one-shot" and the "real Issue 1" is this: the "one-shot" book that kicked the series off features a small ''Green Lanterns'' logo placed '''above''' a sizable ''Rebirth'' logo, while the issue that continues the story from that one's end has a small ''DC Universe Rebirth'' logo on '''top''', and a much larger ''Green Lanterns'' logo underneath that. Yes, really.
**Speaking of "Issue 2", a milder but equally perfect example comes with one of that one's covers (the one by Emanuela Lupacchino): leaving aside that there is at no point a [[RuleOfCool random green explosion of power coming from Jessica Cruz's chest]] within the issue itself, the part that makes it truly BlatantLies is that the ''other'', male Green Lantern on the cover is very definitely ''not'' Simon Baz, as he not only lacks Baz's ''extremely'' distinctive uniform, but also looks nothing like him (even the haircut is different!). If one had to guess based on appearances, he's ''probably'' supposed to be Hal Jordan...who has [[PutOnABus not appeared in the series]] since the end of the ''Green Lanterns: Rebirth'' one-shot.
**Speaking of "Issue 2", a milder but equally perfect example comes with one of that one's covers (the one by Emanuela Lupacchino): leaving aside that there is at no point a [[RuleOfCool random green explosion of power coming from Jessica Cruz's chest]] within the issue itself, the part that makes it truly BlatantLies is that the ''other'', male Green Lantern on the cover is very definitely ''not'' Simon Baz, as he not only lacks Baz's ''extremely'' distinctive uniform, but also looks nothing like him (even the haircut is different!). If one had to guess based on appearances, he's ''probably'' supposed to be Hal Jordan...who has [[PutOnABus not appeared in the series]] since the end of the ''Green Lanterns: Rebirth'' one-shot.
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* BigBad: The Red Lantern Corps, and most especially Atrocitus, is this in the first arc.
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* AssimilationBackfire: A rather spectacular example occurs in Issue #3, when a Red Lantern attempts to convert [[spoiler:Simon Baz by infecting him with Rage. Instead, he [[HeroicResolve fights back]] against it, [[TameHisAnger controls his anger]], and winds up choosing to try curing ''her'' of ''her'' Rage instead! ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Successfully]]''.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: A textbook example in Issue #3, where Simon [[spoiler: manages to severe Bleez's connection with her Red Lantern Power Ring and heal her not only of the Ring's emotional, psychological ''and'' physical effects, but even to heal her body so thoroughly that her wings - previously destroyed ''before'' she was even a Red Lantern - wind up completely intact]]. He does this ''entirely'' on his own, despite the fact that all previously-established in-universe rules for this kind of thing would ''require'' the presence of a [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Blue Lantern]]. Who would have to do the part that Simon actually did. By himself. With a ''Green'' Lantern Power Ring, and ''only'' a Green Lantern Power Ring, did we mention that part? There is no explanation in the book given for how this was possible, leaving the reader only with the implication that his HeroicWillpower is just ''that'' strong.
** In fact at this point Simon is just a walking textbook case of this trope. First, there was his being chosen by a Ring that was a combination of Sinestro's Yellow Power Ring and Hal's Green Power Ring (seemingly impossible). Which coincidentally plucked him straight out of his wrongful imprisonment in the (seemingly inescapable) Guantanamo Bay facility and yes, we mean ''that'' facility. And then there's the fact that in one of his previous books, he had used this same Power Ring to heal someone supposedly "beyond" the abilities of a Green Lantern Ring's healing capabilities. In fact, that last incident is why he even thought to ''try'' the above [[TakeTheThirdOption Third Option]] in the first place, which makes one wonder [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands exactly how far this is going to keep escalating]].
* BeyondTheImpossible: A textbook example in Issue #3, where Simon [[spoiler: manages to severe Bleez's connection with her Red Lantern Power Ring and heal her not only of the Ring's emotional, psychological ''and'' physical effects, but even to heal her body so thoroughly that her wings - previously destroyed ''before'' she was even a Red Lantern - wind up completely intact]]. He does this ''entirely'' on his own, despite the fact that all previously-established in-universe rules for this kind of thing would ''require'' the presence of a [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Blue Lantern]]. Who would have to do the part that Simon actually did. By himself. With a ''Green'' Lantern Power Ring, and ''only'' a Green Lantern Power Ring, did we mention that part? There is no explanation in the book given for how this was possible, leaving the reader only with the implication that his HeroicWillpower is just ''that'' strong.
** In fact at this point Simon is just a walking textbook case of this trope. First, there was his being chosen by a Ring that was a combination of Sinestro's Yellow Power Ring and Hal's Green Power Ring (seemingly impossible). Which coincidentally plucked him straight out of his wrongful imprisonment in the (seemingly inescapable) Guantanamo Bay facility and yes, we mean ''that'' facility. And then there's the fact that in one of his previous books, he had used this same Power Ring to heal someone supposedly "beyond" the abilities of a Green Lantern Ring's healing capabilities. In fact, that last incident is why he even thought to ''try'' the above [[TakeTheThirdOption Third Option]] in the first place, which makes one wonder [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands exactly how far this is going to keep escalating]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Simon's characterization is ''exactly'' this trope. He's short-tempered, impulsive, acts arrogant to the point of being downright abrasive from the moment he and Jessica meet, and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking steals a teddy bear from wrecked store in the middle of a crisis]]. But he also shows signs of empathy for others at multiple points, including internally thinking that Jessica's reaction to her sister [[spoiler:being infected with Rage energy in Issue #2]] is not unreasonable even if it's ill-timed. In fact, the whole section in Issue #3 where he [[spoiler: heals Bleez of her Rage came about in the first place because, when faced with his own pain [[AssimilationBackfire from her trying to infect him with the Rage too]], it instead caused him to ''empathize'' with her and decide to try and help her. And then he outright ''prevents'' her from committing suicide after her Heel Realization, choosing instead to [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming encourage her to move forward with her life, like he once did]].]] Oh, and the reason he stole the teddy bear was because he wanted to give it to his young nephew for his birthday.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The repeated use of this trope with Simon (and especially, all that happening within the first three or four issues of the run) has actually garnered some negative criticism from reviewers of the book.
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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Played straight...and addressed in an interesting way in Issue #3, where at that point, the only people investigating or handling the invasion of Earth by the Red Lantern Corps have been Simon, Jessica, and a handful of woefully outmatched, mundane police and FBI agents. The fact that there are other superheroes that aren't being put on this case is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Jessica outright mentions on the ''first page'' that they "should contact the Justice League, get a plan together, right?" Simon completely ignores the comment, though. [[spoiler:This is only one of several instances in a row where Simon barely listens, if at all, to Jessica, and blows off her instinctive urge to actually think things through and plan ahead. This tendency is something that's been causing tension between them...and which arguably leads to her getting infected with Rage at the end of the issue, seeing as her first post-infection words to him included: ''"This rookie is about to kick your ass!"'' ]]
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'''''Green Lanterns''''' - not to be confused with '''''ComicBook/GreenLantern''''', which is the franchise as a whole - is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, introduced as part of the 2016 '''ComicBook/DCRebirth''' line-wide relaunch event.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
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'''''Green Lanterns''''' - not to be confused with '''''ComicBook/GreenLantern''''', '''''Franchise/GreenLantern''''', which is the franchise as a whole - is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, introduced as part of the 2016 '''ComicBook/DCRebirth''' line-wide relaunch event.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue#1 #0 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, itself (which continues from there with "Issue #1"), and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, while also acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue
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* MultipleNarrativeModes: Both of the main characters get {{Internal Monologue}}s at several points in any given issue; they're rendered as boxes with green backgrounds, with slight differentiation based on say, text color, and sometimes the shade of green, to separate the two narative voices. In some issues - notably Issue #3 - Bleez and Atrocitus get the same, with the exception of their narration boxes' backgrounds being red.
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* MultipleNarrativeModes: Both of the main characters get {{Internal Monologue}}s at several points in any given issue; they're rendered as boxes with green backgrounds, with slight differentiation based on say, text color, and sometimes the shade of green, to separate the two narative narrative voices. In some issues - notably Issue #3 - Bleez and Atrocitus get the same, with the exception of their narration boxes' backgrounds being red.
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* PowerIncontinence: Red Lanterns' rage-based power tends to spew from their mouths in the form of corrosive blood the more they get worked up. Particularly notable with Bleez during her attempt to infect Simon with the rage in Issue #3, as it's spewing forth as she ''yells in his face''.
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* LampshadeHanging: Several, especially in the internal narration from both characters, but within the first few issues alone we have:
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* InternalMonologue: Frequently, and for several different characters; see "MultipleNarrativeModes", below.
* LampshadeHanging: Several, especially in theinternal narration [[InternalMonologue narration]] from both characters, protagonists, but within the first few issues alone we have:have...
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** Jessica Cruz stating in narration that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes need to shower, too," because "[[SpyCatsuit these suits don't breathe]]".
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as: "Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten." and "[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as: "Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten." and "[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"
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** Jessica Cruz stating Cruz, when discussing in the narration why she was "shopping for towels", helpfully explains that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes ''"superheroes need to shower, too," too,"'' because "[[SpyCatsuit ''"[[SpyCatsuit these suits don't breathe]]".
breathe]]"''
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gemsas: "Ugh. as Issue #3's ''"Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten." ten"'' and "[[BadassBoast Issue #1's ''"[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"]]"''
** Jessica even comments on her apparent role as TheMillstone at point, stating ''"omg I am the worst Green Lantern"'' in her own InternalMonologue.
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems
** Jessica even comments on her apparent role as TheMillstone at point, stating ''"omg I am the worst Green Lantern"'' in her own InternalMonologue.
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* MultipleNarrativeModes: Both of the main characters get {{Internal Monologue}}s at several points in any given issue; they're rendered as boxes with green backgrounds, with slight differentiation based on say, text color, and sometimes the shade of green, to separate the two narative voices. In some issues - notably Issue #3 - Bleez and Atrocitus get the same, with the exception of their narration boxes' backgrounds being red.
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* EnsignNewbie: Played straight on two counts, as ''both'' the main characters are rookies, but they're immediately assigned by Hal Jordan to protect the ''entire planet Earth''. [[LampshadeHanging Acknowledged and lampshaded]] in the first issue, when Simon, already annoyed at Jessica's cluelessness when an apparent emergency came up, insists that he should get more say or be in charge over her, because "I have seniority," only for Hal to point out that it's only by "a few weeks". Jessica is a particularly extreme example though, as she never even got to train on Oa like most other Green Lanterns, being immediately put in the field instead.
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* LampshadeHanging: Several, but notable within the first few issues is Jessica Cruz stating in narration that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes need to shower, too," because "[[SpyCatsuit these suits don't breathe]]".
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* LampshadeHanging: Several, especially in the internal narration from both characters, but notable within the first few issues alone we have:
** ''"My name is Simon Baz. I'm like the seventeenth guy from Earth that was recruited by the Green Lantern Corps."'' Especially notable for the fact that by the time the series was first coming out, a common point of fan kvetching online was the addition of Simon and/or Jessica to the Corps ''because'' there were already four existing Green Lanterns from Earth alone, and how ridiculous the numbers seemed to be getting.
** Jessica Cruz stating in narration that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes need to shower, too," because "[[SpyCatsuit these suits don'tbreathe]]". breathe]]".
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as: "Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten." and "[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"
* TheMillstone: Unfortunately, Jessica's lack of experience, lack of formal training, and insecurities lead to her being this fairly often in the opening issues. Issue #3 sports a particularly egregious case though, as she's [[spoiler:responsible for causing Bleez's Heel Face Turn to reverse itself, by attacking her ''after'' Simon has healed her...causing Bleez to get ticked off all over again and become consumed by the Red Power Ring-induced rage energy worse than ever. Considering that Bleez was already giving Simon valuable intel on how to stop Atrocitus' evil master plan for the Earth, this was a ''monumental'' screw-up on her part, and the fact that she was completely certain she was "protecting" her partner didn't help much, when their first real ally in the crisis was flying off vowing revenge for the perceived HeelFaceDoorSlam]]
** ''"My name is Simon Baz. I'm like the seventeenth guy from Earth that was recruited by the Green Lantern Corps."'' Especially notable for the fact that by the time the series was first coming out, a common point of fan kvetching online was the addition of Simon and/or Jessica to the Corps ''because'' there were already four existing Green Lanterns from Earth alone, and how ridiculous the numbers seemed to be getting.
** Jessica Cruz stating in narration that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes need to shower, too," because "[[SpyCatsuit these suits don't
** Jessica's internal narration regarding her own dialogue at various points, including such gems as: "Ugh. I give my quip a four out of ten." and "[[BadassBoast That sounded cool, right?]] Like I know what I'm doing? [[EnsignNewbie Because I have no idea what I'm doing.]]"
* TheMillstone: Unfortunately, Jessica's lack of experience, lack of formal training, and insecurities lead to her being this fairly often in the opening issues. Issue #3 sports a particularly egregious case though, as she's [[spoiler:responsible for causing Bleez's Heel Face Turn to reverse itself, by attacking her ''after'' Simon has healed her...causing Bleez to get ticked off all over again and become consumed by the Red Power Ring-induced rage energy worse than ever. Considering that Bleez was already giving Simon valuable intel on how to stop Atrocitus' evil master plan for the Earth, this was a ''monumental'' screw-up on her part, and the fact that she was completely certain she was "protecting" her partner didn't help much, when their first real ally in the crisis was flying off vowing revenge for the perceived HeelFaceDoorSlam]]
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The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. It is intended to continue, as all ''Rebirth'' titles are, from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, but to also act as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' titles previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' titles previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
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The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. It is intended to continue, as Like all ''Rebirth'' titles are, it is intended to continue from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, but to while also act acting as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''titles books previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
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* EmotionBomb: For rage, all over the Earth, in the opening arc.
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* EmotionBomb: For rage, in spots all over the Earth, in the opening arc.arc.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several examples; there's the outright prophecies given by or visualized by both sides in the opening three chapters, but there's also the more subtle case in Issue #3, with Jessica telling Simon she "doesn't feel well" [[spoiler: about a page before the Wham Shot of her attacking him, having been infected by the Rage herself. Should've listened to your partner, Simon...]].
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* WhamShot: The sight of the red light from the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad the Red Lantern Corps emblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied by Jessica and Simon's Rings giving them a steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...
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* WhamShot: LampshadeHanging: Several, but notable within the first few issues is Jessica Cruz stating in narration that she's shopping for towels...because of ''course'' "superheroes need to shower, too," because "[[SpyCatsuit these suits don't breathe]]".
* MoreThanMindControl: Thesight of rage-inducing {{Emotion Bomb}}s the red light from Red lanterns seed the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad Earth with in the "Red Dawn" arc seem at first to make people into mindless berserkers, but are gradually implied to just be [[TeachHimAnger adding Rage]] to the "infected" person, while not necessarily changing their underlying personality/memories; in Issue #2 [[spoiler:Sara makes reference to her past rocky history with Jessica while attacking her]] while in issue #3 [[spoiler:Jessica herself, after a buildup of about oh, the ''entire series so far'', gets infected with the Rage, after presumably getting just ''that'' irritated with Simon not wanting to listen to her or take her seriously. In the latter case, she outright states "This rookie's about to kick your ass!", indicating that she's still somewhat aware of her own identity]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: During the opening arc, "Red Dawn", the Red Lantern Corpsemblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied revealed to be trying to [[EmotionBomb initiate]] a variant of this on Earth, by Jessica and Simon's Rings giving them [[MoreThanMindControl stoking]] the native inhabitants' [[TeachHimAnger rage]] to create a steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...new power source for their Rings.
* MoreThanMindControl: The
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: During the opening arc, "Red Dawn", the Red Lantern Corps
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* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Played very, very straight. Not only did previous arcs show this happened to ''both'' Simon ''and'' Jessica despite their extreme physical isolation (the Call found Jessica hiding in her basement and failed to be fended off even with a ''shotgun'', while Simon was plucked right out of ''Guantanamo Bay''), they also both get nagged by their Rings to respond whenever there's an emergency, making it a Call that not only knows where they live but won't ''stop'' calling, and refuses to leave a message.
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* BigBad: The Red Lantern Corps, and most especially Atrocitus, is this in the first arc.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Played very, very straight. Not only did previousarcs series show this happened to ''both'' Simon ''and'' Jessica despite their extreme physical isolation (the Call found Jessica hiding in her basement and failed to be fended off even with a ''shotgun'', while Simon was plucked right out of ''Guantanamo Bay''), they also both get nagged by their Rings to respond whenever there's an emergency, making it a Call that not only knows where they live but won't ''stop'' calling, and refuses to leave a message.message.
* TheDragon: Bleez, for Atrocitus, in the first arc.
* EmotionBomb: For rage, all over the Earth, in the opening arc.
* FromBadToWorse: Though [[NoodleIncident only loosely-referenced]] (and referenced more so in the other GL book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''), most of the original Green Lantern Corps members have recently and suddenly vanished and the Central Precinct on Oa has apparently been ''destroyed'', leaving pretty much just Hal, Jessica and Simon. While Hal deals with/investigates that off in his own book, he leaves Earth with the two ''rookies'', both of whom already barely get along with each other...only for there to be an almost immediate invasion by the Red Lantern Corps, who want to turn the Earth into their new [[PoweredByAForsakenChild base/power source]].
* GreenLanternRing: Literally (and twice-over, since each of the central characters has one). To be expected, since it's a spin-off of the Trope Namer.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Played very, very straight. Not only did previous
* TheDragon: Bleez, for Atrocitus, in the first arc.
* EmotionBomb: For rage, all over the Earth, in the opening arc.
* FromBadToWorse: Though [[NoodleIncident only loosely-referenced]] (and referenced more so in the other GL book, ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps''), most of the original Green Lantern Corps members have recently and suddenly vanished and the Central Precinct on Oa has apparently been ''destroyed'', leaving pretty much just Hal, Jessica and Simon. While Hal deals with/investigates that off in his own book, he leaves Earth with the two ''rookies'', both of whom already barely get along with each other...only for there to be an almost immediate invasion by the Red Lantern Corps, who want to turn the Earth into their new [[PoweredByAForsakenChild base/power source]].
* GreenLanternRing: Literally (and twice-over, since each of the central characters has one). To be expected, since it's a spin-off of the Trope Namer.
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* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.
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* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with WhamShot: The sight of the red light from the "rage spikes" as seen from space...which recognizably form [[BigBad the Red Lantern Corps emblem]]. Which, again, ''was visible from space''. This is accompanied by Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as and Simon's Rings giving them a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.steadily increasing count of how many humans are "infected with rage"...
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* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have slightly darker skin tones, but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of their families.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of their families.
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* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious from the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have slightly darker skin tones, but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of theirfamilies.
families, some of whom, such as Jessica's sister Sara, are recurring characters.
* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of their
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'''''Green Lanterns''''' - not to be confused with '''''ComicBook/GreenLantern''''', which is the franchise as a whole - is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, introduced as part of the 2016 '''ComicBook/DCRebirth''' line-wide relaunch event.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. It is intended to continue, as all ''Rebirth'' titles are, from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, but to also act as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' titles previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their Power Rings at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
Of course, the moment he leaves, [[FromBadToWorse the rookie-protected planet gets invaded]] by the Red Lantern Corps, because ''of course'' it does.
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* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Played very, very straight. Not only did previous arcs show this happened to ''both'' Simon ''and'' Jessica despite their extreme physical isolation (the Call found Jessica hiding in her basement and failed to be fended off even with a ''shotgun'', while Simon was plucked right out of ''Guantanamo Bay''), they also both get nagged by their Rings to respond whenever there's an emergency, making it a Call that not only knows where they live but won't ''stop'' calling, and refuses to leave a message.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: For [[spoiler:Bleez, in issue three]]. Even some of the readers who disliked some aspects of the issue found this section to be well done...and therefore ''[[TearJerker heartbreaking]]''.
* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jessica's personality is cautious, and somewhat insecure, to the point of "overthinking" things ([[TheWoobie understandable]], if you know her [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds previous arc in]] the ''Justice League'' comics), while Simon is portrayed as an impulsive, cranky hothead who doesn't always know when to look before he leaps.
* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have slightly darker skin tones, but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of their families.
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'''''Green Lanterns''''' - not to be confused with '''''ComicBook/GreenLantern''''', which is the franchise as a whole - is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, introduced as part of the 2016 '''ComicBook/DCRebirth''' line-wide relaunch event.
The reason for the pluralized title is straightforward: instead of a single title hero, at launch it featured ''dual'' protagonists, both of whom are newly-inducted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin members of the Green Lantern Corps]]. It is intended to continue, as all ''Rebirth'' titles are, from the ''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, but to also act as a suitable jumping-on-point for new readers. It kicked off with a ''Rebirth'' "one-shot" that acted as both an issue #1 for ''Green Lanterns'' itself, and a tease for the central characters' appearance in the new ''Justice League'' comics.
At the start of the series, the central protagonists are rookie Earth-based Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, both of whom were previously introduced during ''New 52'' (albeit in completely different titles; Simon was in other ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' titles previously, but Jessica was originally introduced in the ''Justice League'' series - as Power Ring - in late 2014). Much like a Buddy Cop film, the two have vastly different personalities ([[RedOniBlueOni cautious vs impulsive]]), which ''hypothetically'' could complement each others'...assuming they don't rip each other apart in irritation first, since they fail to get along from the moment they meet, and thus begin to blunder rather spectacularly.
This prompts Hal, in the first issue, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their Power Rings at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[PutOnABus goes off to space on his own mission]], leaving Earth in their care.
Of course, the moment he leaves, [[FromBadToWorse the rookie-protected planet gets invaded]] by the Red Lantern Corps, because ''of course'' it does.
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!! This series provides examples of:
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Played very, very straight. Not only did previous arcs show this happened to ''both'' Simon ''and'' Jessica despite their extreme physical isolation (the Call found Jessica hiding in her basement and failed to be fended off even with a ''shotgun'', while Simon was plucked right out of ''Guantanamo Bay''), they also both get nagged by their Rings to respond whenever there's an emergency, making it a Call that not only knows where they live but won't ''stop'' calling, and refuses to leave a message.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: For [[spoiler:Bleez, in issue three]]. Even some of the readers who disliked some aspects of the issue found this section to be well done...and therefore ''[[TearJerker heartbreaking]]''.
* SpinOff: Of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', with Jessica additionally being spun off from her tenure as a different hero in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jessica's personality is cautious, and somewhat insecure, to the point of "overthinking" things ([[TheWoobie understandable]], if you know her [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds previous arc in]] the ''Justice League'' comics), while Simon is portrayed as an impulsive, cranky hothead who doesn't always know when to look before he leaps.
* SpicyLatina: Completely and notably '''subverted'''. If anything, that personality archetype is closer to Simon's, but Jessica herself is as opposite the trope as you could get, being more introverted, cautious, insecure and shy. Even her more confident sister, Sara, is simply calmer and more self-assured, rather than a hot-blooded stereotype. The fact that they're both Latina is obvious the fact that they have the last name "Cruz" and have slightly darker skin tones, but is otherwise ignored, at least within the first few issues.
* TokenMinority: Played straight twice, in the sense that Simon Baz is the first Muslim member of the Green Lantern Corps and only the second non-white one (after John Stewart, who is black), while Jessica is [[TwoferTokenMinority both]] the [[AlwaysMale first female]] member from Earth and the first Hispanic one. Gradually averted in the series as a whole, however, as we're introduced to members of both of their families.
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