History Trivia / Arrow

--> '''Katie Cassidy:''' "I’ve been very transparent about the whole thing: I didn’t ''want'' to leave."

--> '''Geoff Johns''': Let’s say you’ve been given the position of writing Green Arrow from scratch. Clean slate. You might say, ‘Okay, I’m going to write this new character,’ and when someone says, ‘Well, what about Black Canary,’ you might say… ‘nope.’ That means you completely misunderstand these characters.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Arrow_Wiki Naturally]].

* RunningTheAsylum: The show ultimately became infamous for this, as during Season 3-6, the showrunners and most of the writers are blatantly fans of the Oliver and Felicity pairing, and made the show revolve around them as much as possible. This is why those particular seasons (with the exception of Season 5) are considered to be an AudienceAlienatingEra.

* RunningTheAsylum: The show ultimately became infamous for this, as during Season 3-6, the showrunners and most of the writers are blatantly fans of the Oliver and Felicity pairing, and made the show revolve around them as possible.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Somebody on ''Arrow'' must '''really''' have liked ''Series/{{Spartacus}}'', no less than three actors from that show have shown up. Creator/ManuBennett, Creator/CynthiaAddaiRobinson, Katrina Law, and now Nick Tarabay all appeared on ''Spartacus'' before moving here (Creator/LiamMcIntyre, Todd Lasance and Erin Cummings also appeared on ''Series/TheFlash2014''). Especially interesting is the fact that, unlike [[OnlySoManyCanadianActors other examples of actor-overlap,]] ''Spartacus'' was filmed half a world away in New Zealand.

** Averted for the most part, as most of the young adult characters are portrayed by actors 2-4 years older and so convincingly pass themselves as those ages; Creator/KatieCassidy (Laurel Lance) and Creator/EmilyBettRickards (Felicity Smoak) are in fact ''younger'' than their respective characters. The flashbacks, on the other hand, cannot avoid this pitfall because they also function in chronological order but are always 5 years behind the present-day scenes: 23-year-old Creator/WillaHolland stands out when portraying a 15-year-old Thea Queen in Season 3's "The Return".

* DearNegativeReader: Creator/StephenAmell commented on the backlash to the ''Olicity'' pairing on Facebook.

** Creator/BlakeLively, Creator/MinkaKelly, Creator/HilarieBurton, Creator/KatherineIsabelle, Creator/RachaelTaylor, Creator/AlexandraBreckenridge, Creator/MaggieGrace, Creator/BrittanySnow, and Creator/ShantelVanSanten were considered for the part of [[ComicBook/{{Black Canary}} Laurel Lance]] before the casting of Creator/KatieCassidy. [=VanSanten=] would eventually go on to play Patty Spivot on ''{{Series/The Flash|2014}}'' during its second season.

* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/TaraStrong (the original voice actor for Harley Quinn) has a voice cameo as a “Deranged Squad Female”. She can be heard shouting from behind a door, but doesn't physically appear in person

* RoleReprise: Played with in the Japanese dub, as Creator/SanaeKobayashi also voiced the Dinah Lance version of the ComicBook/BlackCanary in the short-lived ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'' TV series.

* FanNickname:
** Fans have started calling [[http://www.greenarrowtv.com/first-look-at-arrows-huntress/12378 The Huntress]] of this show "ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} with a Crossbow."
** Before Diggle and Lyla's child was born, they had been called [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Diglett]].
** Sally the Salmon Ladder.
** Deathstroke and Brother Blood's Mirikuru-empowered minions are referred to as the Deathstrokes, or some variant of, by many fans, though aren't actually named in the show itself. One of the alternative names is 'The Blood Cult'.
** Laurel has been given nicknames such as {{Blackmail}} Canary (due to her habit to use blackmail on Kate Spencer during the latter half of Season 2) or Fakanary (thanks to some people considering that Sara is the show's true ComicBook/BlackCanary) and now Buckles (thanks to the endless straps on her Black Canary costume). The Fakanary "mantle" was then passed on to Evelyn Sharp in Season 4 and then ultimately to Tina Boland in Season 5.
** Creator/StephenAmell himself has been nicknamed 'Captain Amell' or 'The Captain' by Olicity supporters, thanks to his enthusiasm for Oliver and Felicity's relationship. Other parts of the fandom are now picking it up out of pure affection.
** [[TheVerse The universe or continuity]] itself which also includes Series/TheFlash2014 has been nicknamed "the Arrowverse", in similar vein to the "[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Nolanverse]]".
*** Both "the DCCWU" and the "DCW" are also used.
** Brother Eye, a hacktivist group using a flaming eye for a symbol, is [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings "Sauron]][[{{Tropers/Anonymous}} ymous"]]
** Ra's Amell for Oliver wearing the League of Assassins attire that was [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoiled by ''Flash's'' PaleyFest trailer]].
** In some countries, Quentin Lance and (his ex-wife) Dinah Drake are called "Papa Canary" and "Mama Canary" for obvious reasons.
** The PowerTrio of Oliver, Diggle and Felicity have been labelled 'Original Team Arrow' - a lot of the cast have picked it up as well and the writers made the phrase canon in Season 4.
** The dreamworld featured in the "Invasion!" crossover and Arrow's 100th episode, is frequently dubbed "Arrowpoint", in reference to its sister show's Flashpoint.

* RealitySubtext: Much like Earth-1 Laurel, Creator/KatieCassidy has a father with drinking problems. And much like Earth-2 Laurel, she now has a dead father.

*** [[Series/NewAmsterdam2018 Janet Montgomery]], Creator/ShelleyHennig, Creator/JessicaSzohr, and [[Film/TheDescentPart2 Anna Skellern]] were considered for the part of Huntress as well before [[Series/{{Dracula}} Jessica De Gouw]] was cast.

* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/TaraStrong (the original voice actor for Harley Quinn) has a voice cameo as a "Deranged Squad Female. She can be heard shouting from behind a door, but doesn't physically appear in person

* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/TaraStrong has a voice cameo as a "Deranged Squad Female". She can be heard shouting from behind a door, but doesn't physically appear in person

** Even Marc Guggenheim, the fandom's ScapegoatCreator has owned up to some of the issues people had with Season 4; by [[http://screenrant.com/arrow-olicity-oliver-felicity-romance-regrets/ his admission]] the Olicity relationship wasn't handled "as naturally and elegantly" as it should have been, and some of that season's problems can be boiled down to planning narrative points without a graceful execution.

* FakeMixedRace: American of Indian heritage Janina Gavankar plays the possibly mixed race (judging from the surname) [=McKenna=] Hall.
* FakeNationality:
** Creator/StephenAmell, the Arrow himself, is Canadian.
** As is Creator/EmilyBettRickards (Felicity Smoak).
** As is Jacqueline [=MacIness=] Woods ([[TheOtherDarrin the original]] Sara[[ContinuitySnarl h]] Lance).
** And so is Roger Cross (Lucas Hilton).

** Creator/PaulBlackthorne (Quentin), Creator/JohnBarrowman (Malcolm) and Creator/AlexKingston (Dinah) are all British, though all three have extensive US experience. Barrowman in particular was raised in the US, holding dual nationality, and can switch easily between American and Scottish accents, speaking both with native ease.
** American of German and Scotch-Irish descent Creator/SummerGlau plays Isabel Rochev, a Russian who was later naturalized as an American.
** Speaking of Aussies, Digger Harkness is Australian in the comics, but here played by Lebanese-American Creator/NickTarabay.
** Eugene Lipinski (Alexei) is from England, playing a Russian character.

** All member of the "Al Ghul" family speak with an English accent, but none of their actors are English: Nyssa is played by American Creator/KatrinaLaw, Ra's himself is played by Australian Matt Nable, and Talia is played by Canadian Creator/LexaDoig.
** Almost no Russian characters are played by Russian actors. Anatoly is played by Czech-born Canadian David Nykl, Kovar is played by Swedish Creator/DolphLundgren, Gregor is played by American Creator/DavidMeunier, and Viktor is played by Canadian Mike Dopud.

** Creator/ColinDonnell's only acting credit prior to ''Arrow'' was a short recurring role in ''Series/PanAm''.

** Creator/PaulBlackthorne (Quentin), Creator/JohnBarrowman (Malcolm) and Creator/AlexKingston (Dinah) are all British, though all three have extensive US experience, with Barrowman, who normally speaks with an American accent as he was raised in the US, holding dual nationality.

* BigNameFan: Lord Mesa, a semi-professional artist who regularly posts Arrowverse related art on his Instagram page following episodes has been embraced by the cast and staff of the shows. He's contributed special designs for show milestones and got a shout out in the penultimate episode of season five.

*** Former Black Canaries [[Series/{{Smallville}} Alaina Huffman]] and Creator/RachelSkarsten were also considered to reprise their roles as Laurel Lance for the series. Skarsten was eventually cast as Red Alice in ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}''.