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* BatmanGambit: Not Batman, oddly enough. [[spoiler: Ritchie suckers John into bringing him into the House of Mystery knowing that he would order Orchid "to help him any and every way [she's] able."]]

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* BatmanGambit: Not Batman, oddly enough. [[spoiler: Ritchie suckers John into bringing him into the House of Mystery knowing that he would order Orchid "to help him any and every way [she's] able."]]"]] A later one is during the final fight [[spoiler: Constantine tricks Destiny, who is inside an impenetrable magic shield bubble immune to magic or spiritual attack. Grabbing him, Destiny draws him inside. Turns out Constantine had allowed Deadman to enter him to get the ghost inside, giving Boston an opening to possess Destiny and leave him vulnerable to attack.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with regards to destiny when comparing his modern incarnation from his past self in Arthurian times. His stone and abilities were no different from the past but the difference is that there were way less people around in those days and more sparsely spread out across the land. The reason he's so much stronger in modern times is that there are lots more people around to terrorize and feed off nightmares from. Since the potential fuel sources is much greater, Destiny's powers have grown to reflect that.
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* GrandTheftMe: Constantine commits this on Jason Blood when the two of them are being attacked by demons out for Constantine's blood, in order to make Blood call out Etrigan to even the odds.
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BTW, in my previous edit, I forgot to mention that the Role Reprisal trope is now an official Trivia trope, hence why I deleted it from this page and moved it to its Trivia page.


* MuggleBestFriend: Batman's essentially serves as the sole nonmagic-using member of the "Dark" team.

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* MuggleBestFriend: Batman's Batman essentially serves as the sole nonmagic-using member of the "Dark" team.

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* ContinuityNod: While trying to dissuade Batman's ArbitrarySkepticism Wonder Woman mentions [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar Shazam]] and [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans Trigon]]

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* ContinuityNod: While trying to dissuade Batman's ArbitrarySkepticism Wonder Woman mentions [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar Shazam]] and [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans Trigon]]Trigon]].



* RoleReprisal:
** Not only did Matt Ryan reprised his role as John Constantine from ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', but Jeremy Davies also reprised his role of Ritchie Simpson from that same show.
** In the French dub, in addition to having the same role reprisals from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'', three more voice actors from previous adaptations also reprised their roles here:
*** From ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Axel Kiener as John Constantine[[note]]As of this writing, ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' has never been dubbed in French, unlike the other series set in the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.[[/note]].
*** From the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse: Michel Vigné as Green Lantern/John Stewart and Bruno Dubernat as Felix Faust[[note]] specifically 1st voice in the DCAU[[/note]].

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* AdaptationalBadass: Constantine has a ''serious'' upgrade in his magic abilities for this movie, having more in common with DoctorStrange than the regular Constantine, who's abilities mostly revolve around rituals and mind manipulation, with very few combat spells.



* AdaptationalModesty: Zatanna wears tights in this version, when her legs are normally clad in fishnets, if not completely bare.

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* AdaptationalModesty: Zatanna wears tights in this version, when her legs are normally clad in fishnets, if not completely bare. Her ''top'' however leaves little to the imagination.


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* EyeScream: One of the recurring demon illusions have horns growing out of their eyesockets.


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** The Shrouds mention that Batman has apparently eluded them many times, something they consider "vexing".
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* WeakToMagic: The main premise of ''Justice League Dark'' is that an unknown force is taking control of people causing them to murder indiscriminately under the belief that the people they are murdering are actually demons. The Justice League attempts to intervene after parents start murdering their children, but most members, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern are shown to be vulnerable to magic. The threat to the world is too great if one of these powerhouses were to become magically brainwashed, so Batman assembles a [[TheDarkArts Dark Magic/ Occult]] equivalent which includes ''ComicBook/JohnConstantine'', ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'', ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadman}}'', ''ComicBook/BlackOrchid'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]]'', and ''ComicBook/SwampThing''.

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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' and part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.

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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' and part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''.WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.
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Despite early reports of being a SequelSeries to ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ConstantineCityOfDemons'' is ultimately a SpinOff of this film.
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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''and part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.

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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''and ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' and part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.
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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.

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''Justice League Dark'' is a 2017 movie of the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''.''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies''and part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. This movie is based on the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' series from the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' and set in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''. Befitting this, Creator/JasonOMara again reprises his role from those movies as Batman. Other voice actors include Creator/MattRyan reprising his ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' role as its title character John Constantine, Creator/CamillaLuddington (''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'') as Zatanna, Nicholas Turturro (''Series/NYPDBlue'') as Deadman, and Creator/RayChase (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'') as Jason Blood and his other half Etrigan, Roger Cross (''Series/TwentyFour'') as Swamp Thing and John Stewart, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'') as Black Orchid, Enrico Colantoni (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'') as Felix Faust, and Creator/AlfredMolina (''Film/SpiderMan2'') as Destiny.
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* MuggleBestFriend: Batman's essentially serves as the sole nonmagic-using member of the "Dark" team.
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* InfantImmortality: In Gotham, the demonic hallucinations manifest when a woman sees her newborn daughter as hellish spawn and tries to drop her from the hospital roof. Batman manages to save the baby, but [[DrivenToSuicide the mother is not so lucky]].

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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: In Gotham, the demonic hallucinations manifest when a woman sees her newborn daughter as hellish spawn and tries to drop her from the hospital roof. Batman manages to save the baby, but [[DrivenToSuicide the mother is not so lucky]].
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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Ritchie was suckered by a fragment of Destiny's Soul into obtaining the Dreamstone so that Destiny could use Ritchie as a host and return to our realm]].

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* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Ritchie was suckered by a fragment of Destiny's Soul into obtaining the Dreamstone so that Destiny could use Ritchie as a host and return to our the physical realm]].
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* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Shrouds will wait as long as it takes to drag a damned soul to Hell, and there's really nothing one can do to avoid that fate; they can only postpone it. [[spoiler:In his desperation to avoid it, Ritchie tried to reform the Dreamstone to gain immortality, but ultimately fell victim to possession by Destiny, and was left to the Shrouds as soon as Destiny lost.]]

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* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Shrouds will wait as long as it takes to drag a damned soul to Hell, and there's really nothing one can do to avoid that fate; they can only postpone it. [[spoiler:In his desperation to avoid it, Ritchie tried to reform the Dreamstone to gain immortality, but ultimately fell victim to possession by Destiny, Destiny and was left to the Shrouds as soon as Destiny lost.]]
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* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Shrouds will wait as long as it takes to drag a damned soul to Hell, and there's really nothing one can do to avoid that fate, just postpone it. [[spoiler:In his desperation to avoid that fate, Ritchie tried to reform the Dreamstone to gain immortality, but ultimately fell victim to possession by Destiny as was left to the Shrouds as soon as Destiny lost.]]

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* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Shrouds will wait as long as it takes to drag a damned soul to Hell, and there's really nothing one can do to avoid that fate, just fate; they can only postpone it. [[spoiler:In his desperation to avoid that fate, it, Ritchie tried to reform the Dreamstone to gain immortality, but ultimately fell victim to possession by Destiny as Destiny, and was left to the Shrouds as soon as Destiny lost.]]
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* OneSteveLimit: The film has John Constantine and John Stewart, but the latter's name isn't mentioned. The same ''could'' apply to Destiny himself, but it's averted in the film. In the comics, Doctor Destiny's alter ego is John Dee; we aren't told what name he had before turning to villainy in this movie.

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* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. The film has both John Constantine and John Stewart, but the latter's name isn't mentioned. The same ''could'' apply to Destiny himself, but it's averted in the film. In the comics, Doctor Destiny's alter ego is John Dee; we aren't told what name he had before turning to villainy in this movie.

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* OneSteveLimit: The film has John Constantine and John Stewart, but the latter's name isn't mentioned.
** The same could apply to Destiny himself, but averted in the film. In the comics, Doctor Destiny' alter ego is John Dee; we aren't told what name he had before turning to villainy in this movie.

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* OneSteveLimit: The film has John Constantine and John Stewart, but the latter's name isn't mentioned. \n** The same could ''could'' apply to Destiny himself, but it's averted in the film. In the comics, Doctor Destiny' Destiny's alter ego is John Dee; we aren't told what name he had before turning to villainy in this movie.
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* OneSteveLimit: The film has John Constantine and John Stewart but latter's name isn't mentioned.

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* OneSteveLimit: The film has John Constantine and John Stewart Stewart, but the latter's name isn't mentioned.
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* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Felix Faust, though an evil, sexist A-hole he may be, is the victim of a frame-up this time.]]

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* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Felix Faust, though [[spoiler:Although he's an evil, sexist A-hole he may be, asshole, Felix Faust is the victim of a frame-up this time.]]
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* {{BFS}}: After regaining her powers from Felix Faust's Spell, Zatanna immediately loses control of her powers and materializes a '''Titanic'''-sized Sword (Seriously the only reason it could float in place is because the room it is in is that spacious) that looks disturbingly similar to the [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Dragon Slayer.]]

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* {{BFS}}: After regaining her powers from Felix Faust's Spell, Zatanna immediately loses control of her powers and materializes a '''Titanic'''-sized Sword (Seriously (seriously, the only reason it could float in place is because the room it is in is that ''that'' spacious) that looks disturbingly similar to the [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Dragon Slayer.]]

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** Sometime before the film, Constantine and Ritchie had some sort of adventure that ended badly ... for Ritchie. He was stricken with a magical cancer, while John walked off unscathed, which Ritchie is very bitter about!
*** Actually no. It's just regular old muggle cancer. The incident between John and Ritchie that Ritchie is bitter about was the Newcastle Incident.

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** Sometime before the film, Constantine and Ritchie had some sort of adventure that ended badly ... for Ritchie. He was stricken with a magical cancer, while John walked off unscathed, which Ritchie is very bitter about!
*** Actually no. It's just regular old muggle cancer. The incident between John and Ritchie that Ritchie is bitter about was
referred to as the Newcastle Incident."Newcastle Incident".
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* RRatedOpening: The movie opens with a woman going on a nightmare induced road rage and running over everyone in her sight, a man about to shoot his family dead after he had just killed his neighbors, and a woman throwing a baby off a high building before falling over the edge herself. Yep, this movie defiantly earned its R rating.

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* RRatedOpening: The movie opens with a woman going on a nightmare induced road rage and running over everyone in her sight, a man about to shoot his family dead after he had just killed his neighbors, and a woman throwing a baby off a high building before falling over the edge herself. Yep, this movie defiantly definitely earned its R rating.
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*** From the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedUniverse: Michel Vigné as Green Lantern/John Stewart and Bruno Dubernat as Felix Faust[[note]] specifically 1st voice in the DCAU[[/note]].

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*** From the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedUniverse: Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse: Michel Vigné as Green Lantern/John Stewart and Bruno Dubernat as Felix Faust[[note]] specifically 1st voice in the DCAU[[/note]].
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*** Actually no. It's just regular old muggle cancer. The incident between John and Ritchie that Ritchie is bitter about was the Newcastle Incident.
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* SuggestiveCollision: Constantine comes barreling into the House of Mystery and collides with Zatanna; ending with John lying on top of Zee on the floor. John seems perfectly happy with the situation, but Zee is miffed and says she'll be fine as soon as he gets off of her.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Back in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', Batman swiped Hal Jordan's ring without him noticing as a gag. In order to take down John Stewart, who's been driven mad by the HatePlague, Batman lures him into fisticuffs then pulls the same trick before tasing him unconscious.

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--->'''Etrigan''': So Constantine calls once more.\\

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'''Constantine''': Save the bloody rhymes and stop that git!

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'''Constantine''': Save the bloody rhymes and stop that git!git!\\
'''Etrigan''': Killjoy.
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** Sometime before the film, Constantine and Ritchie had some sort of adventure that ended badly ... for Ritchie. He was stricken with a magical cancer, while John walked off unscathed, which Ritchie is very bitter about!

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