History Trivia / ArrowVerse

* AscendedFanon: The FanNickname "Arrowverse" was used by [[WordOfGod executive producer Marc Guggenheim]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GOM-kNjq8 this promo]] about the ''Vixen'' webseries.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: TheVerse has plenty of alumnae from ''Series/{{Spartacus}}'', ''Series/PrisonBreak'', ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'' even cast actors from the previous ''Flash'' series [[Series/TheFlash1990 from 1990]]. Then there are actors/actresses appearing together in some shows unrelated to all of the above.
* NoStuntDouble: Quite a few of the actors, most prominently Stephen Amell and Caity Lotz, are trained enough to do a fair few of their own stunts, although some of the more difficult stunts are handled by professionals.

** Infamously, Sara Lance was originally played by Jacqueline [=McInnes=] Wood before Caity Lotz takes over staring ''Arrow'' Season 2.

* AscendedFanon: The FanNickname "Arrowverse" was used by [[WordOfGod producer Marc Guggenheim]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1GOM-kNjq8 this promo]] about the ''Vixen'' webseries.

** Superman and Batman will not appear in this universe since they are headling the DC Extended Universe. Although a newspaper from the Flash that mentions a merger between Queen Inc and Wayne Tech can be seen in a FreezeFrameBonus.

** Deadshot of the Suicide Squad (played by Michael Rowe) was killed off in ''Arrow'' because of the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' movie which is set in the DCCU. Creator/WillSmith plays the same character there.

** Originally [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord/Blue Beetle]] was supposed to be in ''Arrow'' season3 but the highers-up at DC had other plans for him, so [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer/The Atom]] was brought in as a substitute. This resulted in ''Arrow'' Ray having more in common with Ted than comics Ray (with a healthy dose of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] as well), and he wasn't confirmed to have his signature shrinking power until ''Legends''.

** Superman and Batman will not appear in this universe since they are headling the DC Cinematic Universe. Although a newspaper from the Flash that mentions a merger between Queen Inc and Wayne Tech can be seen in a FreezeFrameBonus.

** Katana, like Deadshot, is now unavailable thanks to the ''Suicide Squad'' film.
* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. It seems to be a pretty arbitary process, since although DC has no problem having a Flash TV show and a Flash movie set in another continuint - they randomly took issue with the Suicide Squad characters on Arrow. Besides the examples above:
** Originally [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord/Blue Beetle]] was supposed to be in ''Arrow'' season 3 but the highers-up at DC had other plans for him, so [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer/The Atom]] was brought in as a substitute. This resulted in ''Arrow'' Ray having more in common with Ted than comics Ray (with a healthy dose of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] as well), and he wasn't confirmed to have his signature shrinking power until ''Legends''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. Besides the examples above:

* RealLifeRelative: The Arrow is played by Stephen Amell while his cousin Robbie plays Ronnie Raymond - aka Firestorm (well half of him).

* FanNickname: The setting name itself. Besides the spelling variations, there's also "the [=CWverse=]" and "the DCW".

* FanNickname: The setting name itself. Besides the spelling variations, there's also "the [=CWverse=]".

** Originally [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord/Blue Beetle]] was supposed to be in ''Arrow'' season 3 but the highers-up at DC had other plans for him, so [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer/The Atom]] was brought in as a substitute. This resulted in ''Arrow'' Ray having more in common with Ted than comics Ray (with a healthy dose of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] as well).

** During the Suicide Squad's debut on ''Arrow'' there was an offscreen cameo by ComicBook/HarleyQuinn (played by Creator/TaraStrong) [[WritingAroundTrademarks who was not named and only seen from behind, but everyone could tell it was obviously her.]] And then she was never seen again.

** Deadshot of the Suicide Squad was killed off in ''Arrow'' because of the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' movie which is set in the DCCU. Creator/WillSmith plays the same character there.

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. Originally [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord/Blue Beetle]] was suppose to be in ''Arrow'' season 3 but the highers-up at DC had other plans for him, so [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer/The Atom]] was brought in as a substitute. This resulted in ''Arrow'' Ray having more in common with Ted than comics Ray (with a healthy dose of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] as well).

* FanNickname: The setting name itself. Besides the spelling variations, there's also "the CWverse".

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. Originally [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord/Blue Beetle]] was suppose to be in ''Arrow'' season 3 but the highers-up at DC had other plans for him, so Ray Palmer/The Atom was brought in as a substitute. This resulted in ''Arrow'' Ray having more in common with Ted than comics Ray.

** Superman and Batman will not appear in this verse since they are headling the DC Cinematic Universe. Although a newspaper from the Flash that mentions a merger between Queen Inc and Wayne Tech can be seen in a FreezeFrameBonus.
** During the Sucide Squad's debut on ''Arrow'' there was an offscreen cameo by Harley Quinn (played by Creator/TaraStrong) [[WritingAroundTrademarks who was not named but everyone could tell it was obviously her.]] And then she was never seen again.
* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. Originally Ted Kord the Blue Beetle was suppose to be in Arrow's season 3 but the highers up at DC had other plans for him, so Ray Palmer was brought in as a substitute.
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: TheVerse has plenty of alumnae from ''Series/{{Spartacus}}'', ''Series/PrisonBreak'', ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. ''Series/TheFlash2014'' even cast actors from [[Series/TheFlash1990 the previous Flash series]]. Then there are actors/actresses appearing together in some shows unrelated to all of the above.

* RealLifeRelative: The Arrow is played by Stephen Amell while his cousin Robbie plays Ronnie Ramond - aka Firestorm (well half of him).

** During the Sucide Squad's debut on ''Arrow'' there was an offscreen cameo by Harley Quinn [[WritingAroundTrademarks who was not named but everyone could tell it was obviously her.]] And then she was never seen again.

* RealLifeRelative: The Arrow is played by Stephen Amell while his cousin Robbie plays Ronnie Ramond - aka Firestorm!

* ProductionPosse: A lot of Creator/DCComics adaptation veterans have appeared in the shows.

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use depends if DC has other plans for them. Originally Ted Kord the Blue Beetle was suppose to be in Arrow's season 3 but the highers up at DC had plans for him, so Ray Palmer was brought in as a substitute.

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use are dependant if DC has other plans for them. Originally Ted Kord the Blue Beetle was suppose to be in Arrow's season 3 but the highers up at DC forced them to use Ray Palmer instead.

* ExecutiveMeddling: What characters the producers can and can't use are dependant if DC has other plans for them. Originally Ted Kord the Blue Beetle was suppose to be in Arrow's season 3 but the highers up at DC forced them to use Ray Palmer instead.