History WesternAnimation / GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries

* HyperspaceMallet: Kilowog's construct of choice is a hammer. He even lampshades it.
--->''(After Aya just described an incredibly complicated construct needed to fix the warp drive)''
--->'''Hal Jordan:''' Uh, can either of you make that?
--->'''Kilowog:''' ...I make hammers.

** Hal's battle against [[spoiler:Atrocitus]] in "Love is a Battlefield" bears quite a few similarities to [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Superman's final battle with Darkseid]]. Namely [[spoiler: Ghia'ta rushing to aid Hal and getting tossed aside, Hal's words to Atrocitus afterwards, and ending with Hal hammering Atrocitus to the ground (Although using [[DropTheHammer an actual hammer]] rather than a hammerfist.]] The camera angle during that last part even matches the original ''perfectly'', although unfortunately [[spoiler: Ghia'ta [[HeroicSacrifice doesn't get to]] [[TakingTheBullet walk away]] like Batman did.]]

* DropTheHammer:
** Kilowog's construct of choice. He even lampshades it.
--->''(After Aya just described an incredibly complicated construct needed to fix the warp drive)''
--->'''Hal Jordan:''' Uh, can either of you make that?
--->'''Kilowog:''' ...I make hammers.
*** This is a inversion of how Kilowog was first presented in the comics, where despite his general manner of a Big Dumb Bruiser, Kilowog was known for creating the most sophisticated and complicated constructs in the Corps.
** Atrocitus and Hal take turns with this in "Love is a Battlefield". Hal even used it as his finishing move.

** Though it wasn’t a full fledged [[BodySnatcher turn]] and he was brandishing a gun instead of a ring, the image of an unhinged [[ArchEnemy Sinestro]] wielding [[AchillesHeel yellow energy]] was certainly ominous.

** Though it wasn’t a full fledged [[BodySnatcher turn]] and he was brandishing a gun instead of a ring, the image of an unhinged [[ ArchEnemy Sinestro]] wielding [[AchillesHeel yellow energy]] was certainly ominous.

** The only human Green Lanterns besides Hal Jordan who are indicated to exist in this continuity are Alan Scott (who is alluded to by the Steam Lantern), Guy Gardner (who shows up halfway through the series) and John Stewart (who is mentioned by Guy). Kyle Rayner and Simon Baz were the only other human Lanterns who existed at the time the show originally aired, and it is unknown of either of them were planned to appear later down the line.

* AdaptedOut: Due to the show only running for a single season, the Sinestro Corps, the Indigo Tribe and the Black Lantern Corps were never established.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Steam Lantern" Hal transports the SteamPunk Earth to his home universe, bringing "a couple billion new friends" with. It and Steam Lantern are never mentioned again.

* TimmStyle: A 3D CGI version of it. This is emphasized by the 2D artwork they show in some of the segments during commercial breaks, which make them look like something from the original Franchise/{{DCAU}}.

** Razer shows up in a season four episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', [[FullyAbsorbedFinale tying a bow on his character arc]].

** The yellow crystals that emit fear and cancel out Green Lantern rings were probably building up to the creation of the Sinestro Corps in a hypothetical second season. In a similar vein, an EasterEgg featuring a black tome bearing a certain emblem hints at an adaptation of ''Comicbook/BlackestNight''.

* NewContentCountdownClock: The countdown to the premiere ran during ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

** Steam Lantern's blimp looks a lot like [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith General Grievous' flagship]]. It even crashes onto a city. Also a shout out to producer Giancarlo Volpe's [[WesternAnimation.StarWarsTheCloneWars last CGI sci-fi project]].

* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Ragnar becomes a Red Lantern when his comics counterpart was executed long before the Red Lantern Corps (or any color Corps besides the Green Lanterns, for that matter) was confirmed to exist.

* AlienLunch:
** Kilowog is shown dining on a bowl of worm-like creatures. Later he begins eating a crab-like creature, shell and all. Inverted in the same scene, where he expresses such revulsion over the concept of cheese (Aya explains it is curdled cow milk, which is entirely accurate) he asks Hal to eat in a storage closet.
** In a less extreme example, Razer is shown to be eating a grey steak at one point.

** "Loss". [[spoiler:Razer]] seems to finally be getting over his wife's death and [[spoiler:ready to start a relationship with Aya]], only for her [[spoiler:to sacrifice herself pushing him out of the way of the Anti-Monitor's WaveMotionGun.]] Furthermore [[spoiler:she 'dies' in his arms with him begging her not to die and proclaiming his love for her before being pulled away from her 'remains' as he screams in anguish.]]
** "Cold Fury". [[spoiler: Aya comes BackFromTheDead, gets rejected by Razer and fuses with the Anti-Monitor.]] [[note]] "Loss" and "Cold Fury" were conceived as a two-part movie event.[[/note]]
* WhamLine
--> ''Hal'': Show sectors [[spoiler: destroyed by Aya]]. Show all uninhabited sectors. [[spoiler: Overlay.]]

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[[caption-width-right:288:Beware his power.]]

** "Heir Apparent" is loosely adapted from the first three issues of the 2006 ''Green Lantern Corps'' comic, with Kilowog taking Soranik Natu's place as a Green Lantern who [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] to expose Ragnar as the one responsible for killing his sector's Green Lantern in addition to several potential Green Lantern Corps recruits.

** Aya appeared in the ''[[Series/Smallville]]: Season 11'' comics, as a Green Lantern with her own sector.

** Aya appeared in the ''Series/Smallville: Season 11'' comics, as a Green Lantern with her own sector.

* CanonForeigner: The Red Lantern Razer was made for this series.
* CanonImmigrant: Aya's ship debuted in the comic [[EarlyBirdCameo before the series aired]] - flying backwards compared to its animated counterpart.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Razer To Aya in "Loss" and again in the final.]]

Years after the series was cancelled, ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' would bring back elements of the series and that some events in the series were canon.

* BroadStrokes: Apparently, some vesion of the series took place in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' though with some changes in order to fit into the timeline.

* BigBad: The first season is divided into two story arcs, each with their own main villain. The first arc has Atroctius and the Red Lanterns, and the second arc has the Anti-Monitor. [[spoiler:Halfway through the arc, Aya destroys the Anti-Monitor and takes the role for herself.]]