History Franchise / GreenLantern

[[caption-width-right:350:Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, Guy Gardner, Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela, and Sojourner Mullein.]]

** Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} technically count for this list. Apart of being this trope already, both had been Green Lanterns in {{Elseworld}}s (''Last Son of Earth'' and ''In Blackest Knight'' respectively), both became White Lanterns in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' and both became part of Sinestro Corps for a short time (Batman first before rejecting the ring but later embraced it for a short time in ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', and Superman also became one for the Elseworld of ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'').

* CartwrightCurse: Kyle. His ''first'' girlfriend named StuffedIntoTheFridge, and then... (Of course, DeathIsCheap and the superpowered ones came back)

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Happens to Kyle's first girlfriend Alex [=DeWitt=] at the hands of Major Force in the TropeNamer. Also the inspiration for the site Website/WomenInRefrigerators.

* UnfortunateNames: John Stewart was originally to be named "Lincoln Washington" thanks to Julie Schwartz. Neal Adams explained to him why it wouldn't be appropriate:
-->I get the script. First page of the script I read it. He’s an architect. Good. He’s out of work. Makes sense. A black architect, not being able to go to work. Very sensible. Name, Lincoln Washington. So I go to Denny. “Denny, I’m guessing you didn’t name this character.” Denny says no. I’m guessing Julie named the character. He says yes. I go to Julie’s office and close the door. Julie. Lincoln Washington. (Julie says) “What’s wrong with that name? I know lots of guys with that name.” That maybe true, but it’s what we call a slave name.

** And according to the modern take on the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}, [[spoiler:Sodam Yat will be the last Green Lantern in the 31st Century]].

** Evil Star was implied to be behind Black Hand's [[TakeALevelInBadass death touch upgrade]], was definitely behind the Shark's upgrade, and was stated to have destroyed a Blue Lantern's homeworld. He was never heard from again.

* ComicBook/{{GreenLantern|InfiniteFrontier}} (2021 - present): Part of the ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier initiative that sees John Stewart thrust into the leadership position as Corps and the rest of the DC Cosmic Universe undergoes a political re-shuffling.

* ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' (1994): A CrisisCrossover notable here because Parallax was the BigBad.

** ''Film/GreenLantern'', played by Creator/RyanReynolds as an origin story.

* ''Film/GreenLantern'' (2011), featuring Hal Jordan (played by Creator/RyanReynolds).[[/index]]

* ''Green Lantern'' (2021 - present): Part of the ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier initiative that sees John Stewart thrust into the leadership position as Corps and the rest of the DC Cosmic Universe undergoes a political re-shuffling.

* ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' (2018-2021): Creator/GrantMorrison's run.

* ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' (2018-present): Creator/GrantMorrison's run.

** He is a supporting character on the ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' TV series, voiced by Jason Spisak.

** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021), the same alien Green Lantern helped repel the invasion by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} instead of Steppenwolf. There is more footage of him in this version, as well as [[spoiler:a dead Kilowog in the BadFuture.]] Creator/ZackSnyder shot a post-credits scene that included a cameo from John Stewart (played by Wayne T. Carr) but Warner Bros [[ExecutiveVeto vetoed it]].

** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021), the same alien Green Lantern helped repel the invasion by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} instead of Steppenwolf. There is more footage of him in this version, as well as [[spoiler:a dead Kilowog in the BadFuture.]] Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to include John Stewart in the story but was prevented from doing so by ExecutiveVeto.

** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' had an original character portraying a future Green Lantern, a young Tibetan boy named Kai-Ro, voiced by Creator/LaurenTom (coming before Justice League, he is in fact the second Green Lantern introduced in the DCAU).

** The series originally had tendencies toward this anyway, though lapsed into ValuesDissonance now. Carol was originally unambiguously Hal's boss, and was never shown to be less than competent at this. Tom Kalmaku was an Inuit, not only entrusted with Hal's secret identity, but also the source of his power and, in one story, fills in as a replacement Green Lantern. Both of these characterizations date back to the late 1950s. The dissonance comes when Carol was most know for being a crazy stalker to Hal when she was Star Sapphire, and Tom for being called (what is now an ''extreme'' slur) '''Pieface'''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela, and Sojourner Mullein.]]

[caption-width-right:350:[[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And this is just the human characters...][[note]]Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela, and Sojourner Mullein.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And this is just the human characters...][[note]]Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela, and Sojourner Mullein.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela, and Sojourner Mullein. ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz (center) and Guy Gardner Alan Scott, Charlie Vicker, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, Jessica Cruz, Keli Quintela and Sojourner Mullein. ]]

** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021), the same alien Green Lantern helped repel the invasion by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} instead of Steppenwolf. There is more footage of him in this version, as well as [[spoiler:a dead Kilowog in the BadFuture.]]

** This becomes literal in the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' saga with the [[Characters/GreenLanternBlackAndWhiteCorps White Lanterns and Black Lanterns]], who also overlap with LifeDeathJuxtaposition. The Black Lanterns devour the other Lanterns' light, and their entity is Nekron, who is the shadow cast by the light of life and emotion. He believes that the natural state of the universe is darkness and death. Naturally, this is countered by the White Entity, who empowers White Lanterns.

* ReallyGetsAround: Hal Jordan.

** 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'', ''Emerald Knights'' and even ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' ([[spoiler:his dead body]], at least). Tomar-Re would be second behind him, and of course Sinestro. An unnamed ancient alien GL also appears in both the theatrical and 2021 versions of the aforementioned film.

** In ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (2021), the same alien Green Lantern helped repel the invasion by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} instead of Steppenwolf. There is more footage of him in this version.