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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.

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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.
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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal — to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Crisis that’s coming]], I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''

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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal — to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Crisis that’s coming]], coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''
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Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman), who has been operating as a masked vigilante named the Dark Archer. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

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Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke [[Characters/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman), who has been operating as a masked vigilante named the Dark Archer. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

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Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a Batman show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the Batman mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to cross over too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', stars Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who debuted in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.

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Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a Batman show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the Batman mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to cross over too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}."Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', stars Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who debuted in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.
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Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance, were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[Characters/BlackCanaryTheBlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance, were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[Characters/BlackCanaryTheBlackCanary [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.
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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal —- to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Crisis that’s coming]], I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''

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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal —- to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Crisis that’s coming]], I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''
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In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the Black Canary.

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In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), (Creator/EchoKellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the Black Canary.
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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character Characters/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.

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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character Characters/GreenArrow.ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.



Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a Batman show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the Batman mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', stars Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who debuted in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.

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Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a Batman show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the Batman mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover cross over too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', stars Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who debuted in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.
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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.

Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance, were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow.Characters/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the {{Series/Arrowverse}}.

Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance, were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary [[Characters/BlackCanaryTheBlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.



Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman), who has been operating as a masked vigilante named the Dark Archer. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

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Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman), who has been operating as a masked vigilante named the Dark Archer. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.



In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the ComicBook/BlackCanary.

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In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the ComicBook/BlackCanary.
Black Canary.



Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a ''Batman'' show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the ''Batman'' mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', starred Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who appeared in a two-part [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.

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Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a ''Batman'' Batman show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the ''Batman'' Batman mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', starred stars Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who appeared in a two-part [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] debuted in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.

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Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]), were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]), Lance, were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.



Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman). Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

As the show progresses, Oliver and his comrades frequently face off against both personal enemies and those who pose a threat to the city Oliver swore to protect, making amends with some and burning bridges with others along the way. His desire to honor his father's memory is further compounded by the death of his best friend Tommy, who is killed in an earthquake at the end of the first season, whose memory he also wishes to honor. In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the ComicBook/BlackCanary.

The show follows the comics in BroadStrokes, playing the line between staying faithful to the source and [[NotHisSled keeping the audience surprised]]. Those unfamiliar with the comics will miss some {{Mythology Gag}}s and references to important characters in the DCU, but the series enjoys employing {{Red Herring}}s to keep even the comics fans on their toes. The show's goal was to depict an evolving group of characters who may be closer or further from their comics origins, but through CharacterDevelopment may eventually grow into the classical characters. Oliver starts his mission as a [[PragmaticHero ruthless vigilante killing enemies]] without hesitation, but has a [[ThouShaltNotKill change of heart]] when he sees the negative effect it has on the city, his allies, friends and family.

Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a ''Batman'' show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the ''Batman'' mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', starred Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who appeared in a two-part [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Caity Lotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.

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Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm (Creator/JohnBarrowman).(Creator/JohnBarrowman), who has been operating as a masked vigilante named the Dark Archer. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

As the show progresses, Oliver and his comrades frequently face off against both personal enemies and those who pose a threat to the city Oliver swore to protect, making amends with some and burning bridges with others along the way. His desire to honor Oliver starts his father's memory is further compounded by mission as a [[PragmaticHero ruthless vigilante killing enemies]] without hesitation, but has a [[ThouShaltNotKill change of heart]] when he sees the death of negative effect it has on the city, his best friend Tommy, who is killed in an earthquake at allies, friends and family. Aside from the end of Dark Archer and Deathstroke, the first season, whose memory he also wishes to honor. villains Oliver faces throughout the series include [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]], Damien Darhk, Prometheus (Creator/JoshSegarra), Ricardo Diaz (Creator/KirkAcevedo), and Emiko Adachi (Sea Shimooka).

In season 5, Oliver recruits a series of people into the Team Arrow, with the idea of having them eventually succeed him and his friends as vigilantes, though circumstances [[TenMinuteRetirement force them to go back into the action, anyway]]. These recruits are [[ComicBook/MisterTerrific Curtis Holt]] (Echo Kellum), Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), and Dinah Drake (Creator/JulianaHarkavy), who succeeds Laurel as the ComicBook/BlackCanary.

The show follows the comics in BroadStrokes, playing the line between staying faithful to the source and [[NotHisSled keeping the audience surprised]]. Those unfamiliar with the comics will miss some {{Mythology Gag}}s and references to important characters in the DCU, but the series enjoys employing {{Red Herring}}s to keep even the comics fans on their toes. The show's goal was to depict an evolving group of characters who may be closer or further from their comics origins, but through CharacterDevelopment may eventually grow into the classical characters. Oliver starts his mission as a [[PragmaticHero ruthless vigilante killing enemies]] without hesitation, but has a [[ThouShaltNotKill change of heart]] when he sees the negative effect it has on the city, his allies, friends and family.

It is also notable for utilizing a TwoLinesNoWaiting format. Following the example set in ''Series/{{Lost}}'', each episode usually juggles at least two plotlines set in different time periods. In the first five seasons, the story constantly shifts between Oliver's current vigilantism in the present and his past experiences in Lian Yu, the latter of which is depicted with [[FlashbackEffects a grayish color palette]]. Since the fifth season finale's flashback catches up with the pilot's present-day plot, the sixth season shakes up the status quo by focusing on the present almost exclusively. The format is brought back for the last two seasons, with a twist; instead of the second storyline being a flashback, it is now a FlashForward set 20 years into the future, focusing on the new generation of Team Arrow, which includes Oliver's two children, Mia (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) and William (Creator/BenLewis), and Diggle's adopted son, Connor (Joseph David-Jones).

Despite some hesitation regarding the series[[note]]As mentioned above, a different version of Green Arrow was a cast member on ''Smallville'', and the producers were concerned by the DarkerAndEdgier tone that the new show would take, with many detractors saying it felt like the writers wanted to do a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Franchise/{{Batman}} show. As it turned out, it eventually ''did'' become a ''Batman'' show of sorts, thanks to various references and dabbling liberally on RoguesGalleryTransplant. When the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse started in 2013, however, the creators were limited to a select number of figures they could choose from the ''Batman'' mythos, as DC did not want its film and television divisions to crossover too much. Notably, they could not make an explicit reference to Bruce Wayne himself until 2017[[/note]], the show ended up highly acclaimed for the cinematic presentation and having a strong cast. It brought in high ratings for The CW and was such a success it lead to the creation of a televised SharedUniverse, known popularly by its FanNickname: "Series/{{Arrowverse}}." Two other shows in the franchise had their main characters debuting in ''Arrow'' first. The first, ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'', starred Creator/GrantGustin as [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], who appeared in a two-part [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] in the second season. The second, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', features an EnsembleCast of minor DC characters, including two debuting in ''Arrow'': Creator/BrandonRouth as Ray Palmer / [[ComicBook/TheAtom the A.T.O.M.]] and Caity Lotz Creator/CaityLotz as Sara Lance, who has taken the mantle of "White Canary". Following the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', in the fourth season of ''Arrow'', Creator/MattRyan showed up reprising the title character, [[CanonWelding retroactively incorporating]] that show [[NetworkToTheRescue into the shared universe]]. While Constantine never reappeared again in ''Arrow'', he was added into ''Legends of Tomorrow'' starting with its third season. As the franchise' flagship title, ''Arrow'' participated in all of the franchise's {{Crisis Crossover}}s: ''Series/FlashVsArrow'', ''Series/HeroesJoinForces'', ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'', ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', ''{{Series/Elseworlds|2018}}'', and ''{{Series/Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''.



Shortly before the final season premiered, it was reported that [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ The CW was developing a female-centered spin-off]] focusing on Oliver's daughter, Mia (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), who debuted in the series' seventh season. The spin-off would have focused on a new timeline set after the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', where Mia, having taken her father's moniker of Green Arrow, works together with Dinah and Laurel, the Black Canaries, to prevent Star City from falling back into chaos. A [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] was aired as the penultimate episode of ''Arrow'' on January 21, 2020 with a tentative title of ''Green Arrow and the Canaries''. After almost a year of silence, The CW confirmed on January 8, 2021 that [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/arrow-spinoff-canaries-cw-1234881450/ the spin-off was not moving forward]] ([[https://ew.com/tv/arrow-spinoff-green-arrow-and-the-canaries-not-moving-forward/ according to EP Marc Guggenheim]], the decision had been made since March 2020).

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Shortly before the final season premiered, it was reported that [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ The CW was developing a female-centered spin-off]] focusing on Oliver's daughter, Mia (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), who debuted in the series' seventh season.Queen. The spin-off would have focused on a new timeline set after the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', where Mia, having taken her father's moniker of Green Arrow, works together with Dinah and Laurel, the Black Canaries, to prevent Star City from falling back into chaos. A [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] was aired as the penultimate episode of ''Arrow'' on January 21, 2020 with a tentative title of ''Green Arrow and the Canaries''. After almost a year of silence, The CW confirmed on January 8, 2021 that [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/arrow-spinoff-canaries-cw-1234881450/ the spin-off was not moving forward]] ([[https://ew.com/tv/arrow-spinoff-green-arrow-and-the-canaries-not-moving-forward/ according to EP Marc Guggenheim]], the decision had been made since March 2020).
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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal —- to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent the Crisis that’s coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''

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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal —- to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Crisis that’s coming, coming]], I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''
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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the ''{{Series/Arrowverse}}''.

Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the South China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]), were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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''Arrow'' is a television series from Creator/TheCW based on the Creator/DCComics character ComicBook/GreenArrow. Originally conceived as a spin-off from ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' set to feature star Creator/JustinHartley, it was instead decided to offer a different interpretation of the character. Premiering on October 10, 2012, it was the series that became the foundation for what would become known as the ''{{Series/Arrowverse}}''.

{{Series/Arrowverse}}.

Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the South North China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Oliver's father, Robert, and his ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]), were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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In September 2019, [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it was reported that a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, focusing on the characters Mia Queen (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both having the vigilante names Black Canary) and known as ''Green Arrow & The Canaries''. The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver. In January 2021, it was [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/arrow-spinoff-canaries-cw-1234881450/ confirmed]] that the series would not be moving forward.

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In September 2019, Shortly before the final season premiered, it was reported that [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it The CW was reported that developing a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, spin-off]] focusing on Oliver's daughter, Mia (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), who debuted in the characters Mia Queen (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both series' seventh season. The spin-off would have focused on a new timeline set after the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', where Mia, having taken her father's moniker of Green Arrow, works together with Dinah and Laurel, the vigilante names Black Canary) and known Canaries, to prevent Star City from falling back into chaos. A [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot backdoor pilot]] was aired as the penultimate episode of ''Arrow'' on January 21, 2020 with a tentative title of ''Green Arrow & The and the Canaries''. After almost a year of silence, The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus CW confirmed on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver. In January 2021, it was 8, 2021 that [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/arrow-spinoff-canaries-cw-1234881450/ confirmed]] that the series would spin-off was not be moving forward.
forward]] ([[https://ew.com/tv/arrow-spinoff-green-arrow-and-the-canaries-not-moving-forward/ according to EP Marc Guggenheim]], the decision had been made since March 2020).
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In September 2019, [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it was reported that a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, focusing on the characters Mia Queen (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both having the vigilante names Black Canary) and known as ''Green Arrow & The Canaries''. The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver. There has been no word about the spin-off since the backdoor pilot aired back in January 2020 and rumors abounded that The CW decided not to pick it up, although there is no official confirmation.

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In September 2019, [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it was reported that a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, focusing on the characters Mia Queen (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both having the vigilante names Black Canary) and known as ''Green Arrow & The Canaries''. The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver. There has been no word about the spin-off since the backdoor pilot aired back in In January 2020 and rumors abounded 2021, it was [[https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/arrow-spinoff-canaries-cw-1234881450/ confirmed]] that The CW decided the series would not to pick it up, although there is no official confirmation.
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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal — to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent the Crisis that’s coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''

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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal —- to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent the Crisis that’s coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''


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->''"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal--to save my city. For eight years, I've fought alongside brave men and women striving for justice. But then, a crisis came. And I had to become someone else. I had to become '''something''' else. I made the ultimate sacrifice, which helped birth an entirely new universe. Now my friends and family will have to go on without me. And although I have become a Spectre, there is a part of me that will always be the Green Arrow."''
-->-- '''Oliver Queen''', "Fadeout" OpeningNarration
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Billionaire Playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the South China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Queen's father, Robert Queen and his girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]). Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Sara's sister [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.

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Billionaire Playboy playboy Oliver Queen (Creator/StephenAmell), missing and presumed dead for five years after his family's yacht, ''The Queen's Gambit'' sinks in a violent storm in the Pacific, is discovered alive on a remote island in the South China Sea. When he returns home to Starling City, his mother mother, Moira (Creator/SusannaThompson), younger sister sister, Thea (Creator/WillaHolland), and best friend Tommy Merlyn (Creator/ColinDonnell) welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island and the losses sustained in the sinking of his family's yacht, in which six other people, including Queen's Oliver's father, Robert Queen Robert, and his girlfriend's ex-girlfriend's sister, Sara Lance (Creator/CaityLotz [[note]] [[TheOtherMarty Jacqueline McInnes Wood in the Pilot]][[/note]]).Pilot]][[/note]]), were also aboard. Oliver keeps quiet about the man he’s become, as he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as an arrogant, unfaithful playboy. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Sara's sister ex-girlfriend, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] (Creator/KatieCassidy), who at the time of the sinking he'd been cheating on her with.



Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Malcolm Merlyn (Creator/JohnBarrowman). Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

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Flashbacks to the island reveal that Oliver was far from alone those five years, dealing with [[PrivateMilitaryContractors paramilitary forces]], {{Mad Scientist}}s and being trained by [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]] (Creator/ManuBennett) to be the vigilante he is today. In the present day, Oliver finds himself taking on an organization far more dangerous than he anticipated, headed by Tommy's father, Malcolm Merlyn (Creator/JohnBarrowman). Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.



In September 2019, [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it was reported that a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, focusing on the characters Mia Smoak / Blackstar (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both having the vigilante names Black Canary) and known as ''Green Arrow & The Canaries''. The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver.

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In September 2019, [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arrow-canaries-spinoff-katherine-mcnamara-katie-cassidy-juliana-harkavy-cw-1203347438/amp/ it was reported that a female-centered spinoff was being developed]] as a {{backdoor pilot}} for ''Arrow'''s final season, focusing on the characters Mia Smoak / Blackstar Queen (Creator/KatherineMcNamara) as well as Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake (both having the vigilante names Black Canary) and known as ''Green Arrow & The Canaries''. The full synopsis has not been revealed, but [[https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/24/arrow-female-centric-backdoor-pilot/ it's been alluded]] that the series will focus on Mia as she inherits the Green Arrow identity from her father Oliver.
Oliver. There has been no word about the spin-off since the backdoor pilot aired back in January 2020 and rumors abounded that The CW decided not to pick it up, although there is no official confirmation.
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->"''My name is Oliver Queen. After six months in hell, I have been released from prison and returned home with only one goal: to save my city. But things have changed. Instead of operating outside the law, I'm working with the police. I am no longer Inmate 4587. I am once again the Green Arrow.''"
-->-- '''Oliver Queen''', Season Seven OpeningNarration

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->"''My ->''"My name is Oliver Queen. After six months in hell, For seven years, I have been released from prison and returned home fought with only one goal: goal — to save my city. But things have changed. Instead of operating outside the law, I'm working with the police. I am no longer Inmate 4587. I am once again now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow.''"
Arrow. To prevent the Crisis that’s coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become '''something''' else."''
-->-- '''Oliver Queen''', Season Seven Eight OpeningNarration

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