History Franchise / GreenLantern

** Kilowog is the most depicted alien Green Lantern. If there's a storyline involving the Corps, you can bet Kilowog will be there and prominent, including the DCAU, ''First Flight'' and ''Emerald Knights''. Tomar-Re would be second behind him, and of course Sinestro.

** A ''Green Lantern Corps'' film project is currently in DevelopmentHell (which may or may not be this way because of the below HBO Max series).

** In 2017, it was announced that ''Green Lantern Corps'' reboot starring both Hal Jordan and John Stewart was in the works.

* A "Green Lantern-inspired" series from producer Creator/GregBerlanti (the Series/{{Arrowverse}}) was announced to be in development at Creator/HBOMax in October 2019.

* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern2021''

* GodForADay: When Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner became Ion, a being with all the power of the entire Green Lantern Corps, he tried to use his new might to feed starving children in Africa, heal his friend's back-injury, restore his girlfriend Jade's powers, etc, until Superman advises him to back down because people around the world have started to worship him as a god. Soon after he sacrifices the power so that the Guardians of the Universe and the Corps can live again.
** Also Hal Jordan as Parallax tried to use his godlike power to destroy and remake the universe.

* {{Greed}}: The Orange Light.

* HiveMind: The Orange Lantern Corps.
** HiveQueen: Agent Orange.

-->“It is believed that the Rattle Watchmen, who patrolled New Amsterdam in the 1650′s, carried lanterns at night with green glass sides in them as a means of identification. When the Watchmen returned to the watch house after patrol, they hung their lantern on a hook by the front door to show people seeking the watchman that he was in the watch house. Today, green lights are hung outside the entrances of police precincts as a symbol that the ‘Watch’ is present and vigilant.”
* IntercontinuityCrossover: Hal once fought the Incredible Hulk in the "Ultimate Access" mini-series.
** Then there's the Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover between DC and IDW.

** GoodIsNotNice: Even the Entity, the embodiment of life itself, isn't morally conventional, given the fact that part of its plans to preserve life, it revived powerful villains and tasked one of them with a murder and another with an assault. It's also become clear that for some of the revived heroes, the second chance given to them is by necessity not a gift but a ''loan''.
** Invictus, a minor, but recent, villain. He's an angel ([[SadlyMythtaken not the mythological kind; an alien]]).

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Done to Ganthet by the other Guardians after ''War of the Green Lanterns'' to rid him of his emotions & personality]].
** Done by [[spoiler:Volthoom on the Lanterns to gather up emotions relating to the seven colors to rebuild his power]].

* MissedTheCall: Guy Gardner, initially. As revealed in ComicBook/BoosterGold, it is revealed to have been due to Booster and his time traveling. Who knew?

* GreenLanternRing: TropeNamer.

* StarKilling: The Sun Eater, created by the Controllers.

* StarSpangledSpandex: Kyle's second Ion costume

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[[caption-width-right:350:The humans chosen to be a Green Lantern, clockwise from the top: Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner. Not pictured: Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela and Sojourner Mullein.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes'' was featured prominently in the DTV-movie ''Lego Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis''.(again voiced by Milizia)
** ''[[VideoGame/LegoBatman Lego DC Super-Villains]]'' Appears as a playable character, it's odd, although her connection to the villainous Power-Ring from Earth-3 might serve as some rationalization as to why she is in a game centred around evil characters

** ''[[VideoGame/LegoBatman Lego DC Super-Villains]]'' So far, his only appearance outside of comics.

However, in 1959, after the successful reinvention of the Flash, DC Comics revamped the title with a sci-fi bent, reimagining the hero as test pilot turned space cop Hal Jordan, who was given a Power Ring by a dying alien who crash landed on Earth (and was just one of many extraterrestrial peacekeepers serving the wise Guardians of the Universe). What most people know of the character originated during this era: the villainous Lantern renegade Sinestro, the living planet Mogo, alien drill instructor Kilowog, (though those last two only came into the picture in the 80's),and aerospace entrepreneur/love interest Carol Ferris. Other characters were brought in as Green Lantern during this time. Lovable jerk Guy Gardner first appeared, was PutOnABus, then came back full time during the Crisis. Stoic architect and former U.S. Marine John Stewart became a backup Green Lantern during the well-known "relevant" Green Lantern/Green Arrow issues, and then the main Green Lantern in the 1980s when Hal Jordan gave up the title. Alan Scott would also return, first as an Earth-2 counterpart to Hal, then after continuities got merged in the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' as a respected elder hero with only the loosest connection to the Corps.

* BlackBestFriend: John Stewart to Hal Jordan.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Well, Bolphunga the Unrelenting fits the first and last part since there is no 'Joke Villain'.

* DistaffCounterpart: Star Sapphire. With the advent of the other "Emotion Corps", they're everywhere. Take your pick.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Zigzagged. Before forming the Green Lanterns, the Guardians tried a lil' automated help with the android Manhunters, who were so good at their job... [[spoiler:they annihilated all life in Sector 666]]. After dispossessing the Manhunters, the Guardians proved they never learn by creating the cyborg Alpha Lanterns.

** [[spoiler:The Alpha Lanterns are a subversion. They never turn evil of their own volition, so far it's only been when under the control of an outside force (such as Cyborg Superman or Krona). Mind, the idiotic decision to deaden their conscious minds via a direct link to the Book of Oa makes the manipulation a cakewalk.]]

* AkashicRecords: The Book of Oa and the GL Archives in Mogo store all the universal knowledge. In [[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth "The Killers of Krypton"]], John Stewart tells Supergirl that "If it is not in the archive, it likely didn't happen."

!!This series features examples of:

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** On the other hand, some Lanterns, such as RRU-9-2 and Stel, are fully robotic; the latter even comes from a planet populated entirely of robots.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Before forming the Green Lanterns, the Guardians tried a lil' automated help with the android Manhunters, who were so good at their job... [[spoiler:they annihilated all life in Sector 666]]. After dispossessing the Manhunters, the Guardians proved they never learn by creating the cyborg Alpha Lanterns.

** ''Franchise/DCSuperHeroGirls'': Jessica had her origin loosely adapted in the [[WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirlsweb-series]] where she is voiced by Cristina Milizia, and also acts as one of the leads on the Cartoon Network [[WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls cartoon series]] where she is voiced by Myrna Velasco.

** ''Franchise/DcSuperHeroGirls'' voiced by Cristina Milizia. Jessica had her origin loosely adapted in the web-series, and also acts as one of the leads on the Cartoon Network cartoon series .

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The Emerald Knights. The Ring-Slingers. The Cosmic Cops. [[TropeCodifier The Quintessential]] SpacePolice.

* FaceYourFears: Green Lanterns "possess the ability to overcome great fear", so this is a big theme at some points. Nowadays, doing so will also allow a Green Lantern to now directly affect the color yellow, which with means any villains trying to attack with yellow weapons to a new Lantern so strengthened in spirit is in for a ''big'' surprise!