History DecompositeCharacter / Arrowverse

* Oliver Queen's illegitimate son in the comics is Connor Hawke. Here, the child's name is revealed to be William Clayton while Connor apears in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' as a separate, unrelated character, [[spoiler: whose father is John Diggle]].

!!Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}
* On ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
** The comic character of [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}]], an AntiVillain with occasional touches of AntiHero, has been decomposed into two characters in the island flashbacks. His name, [[spoiler: Slade Wilson]], and better fighting ability go to an AntiHero mentor to Oliver. His mask and villainous nature, with ''slightly'' lesser fighting prowess, goes to [[spoiler: Billy Wintergreen, Slade's butler in the comics and here his former partner]]. In Season Two, [[spoiler: Slade]] eventually takes on traits of the latter, however, and [[FaceHeelTurn becomes closer to the comic self]].
** Green Arrow's EvilCounterpart Merlyn becomes Tommy Merlyn and his father Malcolm Merlyn. Tommy initially served as a RedHerring before his dad was revealed as the Dark Archer.
** Similarly, from the start, Oliver's {{Love Interest|s}} was Dinah Laurel Lance, the civilian identity of ComicBook/BlackCanary, here depicted without her powers or vigilante identity (and going by her middle name). In Season 2, however, they introduced Black Canary (simply dubbed The Canary) as a separate CanonForeigner character named Sara Lance, with Laurel later taking the identity after Sara's death. This actually makes her a double Decomposite; in the comics, Canary was a LegacyCharacter, with her mother being the original; her mother has appeared on the show as a non-vigilante (as far as we know), so this new Canary is basically ''also'' a CompositeCharacter of both the original Dinah Drake Canary and Dinah Laurel Lance versions of the character. Then, just to be confusing, Laurel was later killed off and replaced by a new character named Dinah Drake, who has no relation to either Laurel or Dinah.
** In the comics, the Green Arrow's FriendOnTheForce is CIA Agent Edward Fyers. Here, Fyers [[AdaptationalVillainy was made into a villain]] and his FriendOnTheForce role [[CompositeCharacter is incorporated to]] Black Canary's father, Detective/Officer/Captain Quentin Larry Lance.
** The show's version of Count Vertigo was initially introduced as a young American drug dealer known only as "The Count." After being killed off, he was succeeded by the middle-aged European criminal Werner Zytle, the traditional Count Vertigo in the comics.

** Mia Dearden in the comics is a teenage runaway who is adopted by Oliver, trains together with his son, Connor Hawke, and becomes the second Speedy. While the show has no exact counterpart of her, Ollie's sister Thea has the middle name "Dearden" and eventually takes the Speedy moniker (which is stated to be her childhood nickname). Much later, Season 7 introduces Mia Smoak, Ollie's daughter who is friends with Connor Hawke.
** Shado appears in the show and is still an archer, but the main aspects of her character (namely being the black veil wearing DarkActionGirl who is the daughter of TheLeader of a powerful group) is [[CompositeCharacter incorporated to]] Nyssa Al-Ghul. Additionally, the show gave her [[CanonForeigner a twin sister]] who was suspiciously introduced [[spoiler: a season after her death]]. Due to this, her role as the mother of Emiko Queen is given to a CanonForeigner named Kazumi Adachi.
** In the comics, [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]]'s Love Interest is Jean Loring. In the show, Jean Loring appeared in Season 2 as the Queen family's lawyer and friend and [[AgeLift she belongs to the generation of the Queen's matriarch, Moira]]. When Ray shows up in Season 3, he mentions a dead fiancee named Anna. He then reveals in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' that Anna's surname is also Loring, though what exactly is her relation to Jean is not stated.
** Oliver Queen's illegitimate son in the comics is Connor Hawke. Here, the child's name is revealed to be William Clayton while Connor apears in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' as a separate, unrelated character, [[spoiler: whose father is John Diggle]].
** And then, the Arrowverse version of Connor Hawke becomes a Decomposite Character again in Season 7. [[spoiler: The ''Legends'' version was John Diggle Jr., who assumed the identity of Connor Hawke. The Season 7 flashforwards reveal that Connor Hawke is a different character who is John Diggle's ''adopted'' son - who is actually the son of Bronze Tiger - while John Diggle Jr. becomes the second Deathstroke.]]
** "ComicBook/RasAlGhul" is revealed in Season 3 as merely [[LegacyCharacter the title]] of whoever TheLeader of The League of Assassins is, thus making it this by default.
** In the comics, Adrian Chase is [[LegacyCharacter one of several people who took up the Vigilante mantle]]. In the show, [[spoiler: Adrian Chase serves as the BigBad of Season Five under the codename Prometheus, while Vigilante, though modeled after Adrian's comic counterpart, turns out to be Dinah's former lover Vincent Sobel]].
** The comics' Amazo is a KillerRobot created by Professor Ivo who can absorb superpowers. In the series, Amazo is [[AdaptationSpeciesChange a freighter]] where Ivo performs his experiments with the Mirakuru. In the ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' crossover, however, a comic-accurate Amazo is introduced, as in, a robot created by Ivo who can absorb superpowers.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
** Earlier, the show split the Weather Wizard into two characters. The first is Clyde Mardon (who existed in the comics but wasn't a supervillain), and the second is his older brother Mark, who becomes the [[LegacyCharacter new Weather Wizard]] after [[spoiler: Clyde is shot and killed in the pilot episode]].
** In Season 2 following [[spoiler: the HeroicSacrifice of S.T.A.R. Labs engineer Ronnie Raymond, his role in the Firestorm matrix is taken by Jefferson Jackson. In the comics, the second Firestorm is supposed to be Jason Rusch, who already appeared during the middle of Season 1]]. Also, [[spoiler: Jefferson has some of Ronnie's personality traits from the comics that his TV counterpart doesn't display. Namely, he's a cocky former football star like the comic version of Ronnie, while the TV version of Ronnie is a more responsible engineer and NiceGuy]].
** In the comics, Hunter Zolomon is the civilian identity of the Supervillain Zoom. Zoom is the BigBad of Season 2, while Hunter Zolomon is a separate character introduced as Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart instead, [[spoiler: Actually, this is a case of LyingCreator as Jay is an alias and Hunter is indeed Zoom]].
** Caitlin Snow is the civilian identity of Supervillain Killer Frost. In the show, she appears as one of Barry's allies and friends while Killer Frost is eventually confirmed to be her EvilTwin from Earth-2. [[spoiler: However, Caitlin later begins to transform into Killer Frost anyway.]]
** Deathstorm is Ronnie Raymond's identity when he CameBackWrong. Just like Caitlin, he is confirmed to be his EvilTwin from Earth-2.
** The female version of Doctor Light appears in Season 2, and while she sports a costume and solar powers similar to those of her comic counterpart, her secret identity turns out to be the Earth-2 version of Linda Park rather than Kimiyo Hoshi. Hoshi later appears in Season 6, but as as an assassin who wields a photon rifle and prefers CivvieSpandex to a proper costume.
** Although Edward "The Rival" Clariss does appear in the third season, [[spoiler: most of his defining attributes (serving as the arch-enemy of Jay Garrick, wearing a dark copy of Jay Garrick's costume, using a Velocity 9 drug) were given to Zoom]].
** The show's take on the New 52 Future Flash appears in Season Three, but his nature as an evil version of The Flash is given to [[spoiler: Savitar, who is revealed to be his time remnant.]]
** The show has an in-universe example with Cicada. In the comics, Cicada's secret identity was David Hersch. After XS changes history by helping Barry destroy the Thinker's satellite, the dark matter-infused shrapnel turns a different man, Orlin Dwyer, into Cicada, while Hersch appears as a small-time terrorist. [[spoiler: Years into the future, his niece Grace becomes the third version of the villain, and has several things in common with the original comic character, including his AxCrazy personality and being personally responsible for a loved one's death.]]
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'':
** In the comics, Pohzar is the Soviet ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}. Here, his civilian identity appears but Valentina Vostok, the Negative Woman from the comics, is the one who becomes the Soviet Firestorm.
** In the comics, ComicBook/RipHunter's {{Love Interest|s}} is his SexySecretary turned fellow Time Master Bonnie Baxter. The show introduces a CanonForeigner named Miranda Coulburn as his wife, while Baxter's more direct counterpart [[AdaptationNameChange Eve]] shows up halfway through the series. Interestingly, both ladies [[AloofDarkHairedGirl have similar appearances]] and are also Time Masters (well, ''was'' in Miranda's case).
** Mari Jiwe [=McCabe=] aka ComicBook/{{Vixen}} exists in the universe of the show, but because of scheduling issues with the actress who plays her, an alternate LegacyCharacter version of Vixen named Amaya Jiwe appears in Season 2. This version of the character turns out to be Mari's ancestor.
* ''Series/Supergirl2015'':
** In the comics, Arlene Luthor is the mother of both Lex ''and'' Lena Luthor. In this series, Lilian is Lex's mother and his father's wife and another woman gave birth to Lena.
** Cat Grant has an estranged, adult son named Adam Foster and a teenage son named Carter Grant. In the comics she had one son named Adam Grant, who wasn't as old as either of his TV counterparts when he died.
** [[Comicbook/{{Valor}} Mon-El]]'s father is named Lar Gand. In the comics Lar Gand is Mon-El's real name.
* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'':
** In the comics, Clark and Lois eventually have a son named Jon (named for Clark's adoptive father Jonathan), who later develops powers and becomes a superhero in his own right. In the TV show, they instead have two sons: Jon, who is now [[MuggleBornOfMages a normal kid without any superhuman abilities]], and Jordan (named after Jor-El, Clark's biological father), who begins manifesting Kryptonian powers and eventually undergoes training to become a hero.

** Shado appears in the show and is still an archer, but the main aspects of her character (namely being the black veil wearing DarkActionGirl who is the daughter of TheLeader of a powerful group) is [[CompositeCharacter incorporated to]] Nyssa Al-Ghul. Additionally, the show gave her [[CanonForeigner a twin sister]] who was suspiciously introduced [[spoiler: a season after her death]].

** And then, the Arrowverse version of Connor Hawke becomes a Decomposite Character [[UpToEleven again]] in Season 7. [[spoiler: The ''Legends'' version was John Diggle Jr., who assumed the identity of Connor Hawke. The Season 7 flashforwards reveal that Connor Hawke is a different character who is John Diggle's ''adopted'' son - who is actually the son of Bronze Tiger - while John Diggle Jr. becomes the second Deathstroke.]]

** Shado appears in the show and is still an archer, but the main aspects of her character (namely being the black veil wearing DarkActionGirl who is the daughter of TheLeader a powerful group) is [[CompositeCharacter incorporated to]] Nyssa Al-Ghul. Additionally, the show gave her [[CanonForeigner a twin sister]] who was suspiciously introduced [[spoiler: a season after her death]].

!!Series/{{Arrowverse}}

** The female version of Doctor Light appears in Season 2, but unlike in the comics, her secret identity is [[spoiler:Earth-2's Linda Park]] rather than the scientist Kimiyo Hoshi. Hoshi later appears in Season 6 as an assassin who wields a photon rifle.

** [[Comicbook/{{Valor}} Mon-El]]'s father is named Lar Gand. In the comics Lar Gand is Mon-El's real name.

** In the comics, Pohzar is the Soviet ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}. Here, his civilian identity appears but Valentina Vostok, the Negative Woman from the comics, is the one who becomes the Soviet Firestorm.

** And then, the Arrowverse version of Connor Hawke becomes a Decomposite Character [[UpToEleven again]] in Season 7. [[spoiler: The ''Legends'' version was John Diggle Jr., who assumed the identity of Connor Hawke. The Season 7 flashforwards reveal that Connor Hawke is a different character who is John Diggle's ''adopted'' son - who is actually the son of Bronze Tiger - while John Diggle Jr. appears as a child in the present day who's future whereabouts are as yet unknown.]]