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2[[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]] ([[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Earth Lanterns]], [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]) | '''The Sinestro Corps''' ([[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Thaal Sinestro]]) | [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps The Red Lantern Corps]] ([[Characters/GreenLanternAtrocitus Atrocitus]]) | [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps The Blue Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps The Star Sapphire Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps The Orange Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLIndigoTribe The Indigo Tribe]] | [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps The Black, White, Ultraviolet and Gold Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOtherVillains Other Villains]] ([[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/GreenLanternSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Golden Age]] -]]]]]
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6[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Yellow_8102.jpg]]
7 [[caption-width-right:250:"You have the ability to instill great fear."]]
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9->'''Emotion:''' Fear
10->'''Leader:''' Thaal Sinestro, Arkillo (When Sinestro isn't leading them), Soranik Natu/Sinestro
11->'''Base of Operations:''' Ranx the Warworld (formerly Qward, then Korugar)
12->'''Entity:''' Parallax
13
14->''[[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad In blackest day, in brightest night,]]\
15[[LightIsNotGood Beware your fears made into light]]\
16[[KnightTemplar Let those who try to stop what's right]]\
17[[KillItWithFire Burn like his power]][[note]]Sinestro's version is "Burn like MY power"[[/note]]--Sinestro's might!''
18
19The Sinestro Corps are fueled by fear the way Green Lantern rings are fueled by willpower and their powers are very similar, including flight, constructs and communication. Whereas the Green Lanterns seek to bring order to the universe by promoting justice, the Sinestro Corps want to rule the universe through fear.
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21Since Sinestro was drafted back into the Green Lanterns, his corps have gone rogue without his rule to keep them in line. When Sinestro discovered that they had taken over his home planet of Korugar, he forcibly disbanded them, and most of the Corps were captured or killed in the aftermath.
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23With the destruction of Korugar in ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'', Sinestro has left his Corps with Parallax, leaving Arkillo in charge of the renamed "Yellow Lantern Corps", though he did eventually come back and bring the survivors of the planet's destruction to [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Necropolis]], renaming it "New Korugar" while also taking back command.
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25* AxCrazy: Well over half the team is comprised of violent, unstable psychopaths.
26* BrightIsNotGood: Yellow is the brightest color of the primary and secondary colors of any colorspace, and the Yellow Lanterns are made up of AxCrazy {{Knight Templar}}s.
27* CowardlyYellow: Yellow is associated with fear on the emotional spectrum, with [[CosmicEntity its embodiment]] Parallax needing a host to be afraid before possessing it. The Sinestro Corps play with this idea somewhat, as unlike the other lantern corps they inflict their emotion rather than feeling it. Among their ranks Amon Sur plays it straight, being a DirtyCoward who could never overcome fear [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon like his father Abin]] and fled when the Green Lanterns were authorized to use lethal force.
28* TheDreaded: To be part of the Sinestro Corps, you need to be able to inspire great fear, so it isn't surprising that many members of the Sinestro Corps are extremely violent and sinister criminals and monsters of the utmost notoriety. It really says a lot about this requirement when one Sinestro Corps ring came close to recruiting ''Batman''.
29* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When the Sinestro Corps was originally formed, new ring wielders originally gained uniforms that were based on Sinestro's old black and blue costume, and instead of the Corps' symbol they simply had a yellow circle on their chests (similar to how Geoff Johns' run established rookie Green Lanterns as having blank white circles on their uniforms and not having Lantern insignias until after they finished training). They were later supposed to go through a process called a "Fear Lodge," where they were put inside stone rooms, cut off from the rest of the world, and would have to confront their greatest fears in order to ignite the power of their rings. Once that was done, they gained the proper Corps uniform as a symbol of being an official member. Considering the amount of the upheaval the Sinestro Corps' has been through, the lack of mention of the Fear Lodge is understandable, but ring wielders no longer start out with the preliminary uniform when they gain a ring.
30* EgocentricTeamNaming: They could, and have been called the Yellow Lantern Corps in some occasions, but they are officially named the Sinestro Corps.
31** Funnily enough, it was actually ComicBook/BoosterGold who inadvertently named the corps during an attempt to distract Sinestro (see LineOfSightName).
32** After Sinestro's HeelFaceTurn, Arkillo's in charge, and wants to change the name because of the betrayal, now wanting to be called the Yellow Corps. Or the Fear Corps.
33* EvilCounterpart: They are considered to be this to the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lanterns Corps use the power of will, while the Sinestro Corps members use the power of fear. The fact that their founder, namesake and leader is himself a former Green Lantern helps.
34* {{Galactic Conqueror}}s: They use fear to dominate, and several of them were feared dictators prior to becoming Sinestro Corpsmen.
35* HeelFaceTurn: After Sinestro re-joined the Sinestro Corps (then called the Yellow Lantern Corps) following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', having donned a Yellow ring once more since ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'', they have been more "defenders of Korugar" than "oppressors of them and everybody else". When the Green Lantern Corps suddenly vanishes from the universe, Sinestro wastes no time having his Corps take over the role of "universal police", and Soranik does her best to rein in the group's homicidal tendencies. However, once their role is accepted, Sinestro immediately orders them to [[FaceHeelTurn once more bring terror to the cosmos]].
36* AHouseDivided: In ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'', later recruits under Soranik don’t agree with Sinestro’s extremist ideology and they agree even less with being in the same Corps as a bunch of psychotic, sadistic murderers and bullies. They willingly follow Soranik into an alliance with the Green Lantern Corps. This works so well that when Soranik goes nuts and embraces her father's legacy, these recruits decide to stay and become Green Lanterns instead of following her.
37* IKnowWhatYouFear: Sinestro rings can materialize a victim's fears out of energy.
38* PayEvilUntoEvil: Their depredation of Daxam while under Mongul II's control was absolutely brutal, with wholesale slaughter and enslavement of the few survivors that they left being the order of the day. That being said, Daxam was one of the most [[AbsoluteXenophobe xenophobic]] planets in the galaxy, with a cultural belief that they were the lone civilized species and that anything else was a mud race deserving of extinction. Sodom Yat was practically the only Daxamite who ''wasn't'' like this, and his disgust for the rest of his species was so great that he very nearly just left it to Mongul II and the rest of the Corps to tear apart.
39* PsychoRangers: A great deal of the initial recruits were basically psychotic, evil counterparts of big name Green Lanterns.
40* RedShirt: A common Sinestro Corps character trait in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}. In the opening arc of the relaunched Green Lantern book, any Sinestro Corps character introduced that was not existent from the group's inception, from the hunter sent after Sinestro in issue 2 to EvilGenius Professor Insidd, was killed off before the arc's conclusion. Meanwhile, most of the established Yellow Lanterns were said to have been forced into a hibernating state.
41* RingOfPower: Yellow power rings work pretty much exactly like their green counterparts, with the addition of being able to sense their opponents' fears and project them as energy constructs.
42* ShoutOut: You can find a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] and a Franchise/{{Predator}} and many others in group shots, appropriately enough
43
44!Notable Sinestro Corps Members
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46[[foldercontrol]]
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48[[folder:Sinestro]]
49!!Thaal Sinestro
50-->''"Labeled the '''first''' renegade of the '''Green Lantern Corps''', I was banished to the underbelly of the universe, the Antimatter Universe... and '''delivered''' back into '''darkness'''. For the first time in my life -- I felt '''fear'''. And I was '''blinded''' by its brilliance. I believed '''fear''' to be a part of the chaos I abhor, but it was more controlling than all the willpower in the universe. And it would be '''mine'''."''
51[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sinestro_216.jpg]]
52->'''Homeworld:''' Korugar
53
54Sinestro was a former Green Lantern who carried out his oath through the use of tyranny. When exposed, Sinestro was brought in by Hal and imprisoned in the Battery. There, he made contact with Parallax, a living yellow parasitic embodiment of fear. Years later, after his plot against Hal Jordan had run its course, he retreated to the Anti-Matter universe and built a Yellow Power Battery, making him the first to harness one of the new colors to form a Corps.
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56You can read his own take on himself [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Sinestro}} here]].
57
58To learn more about Sinestro, see his character page [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro here]].
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Arkillo]]
62!!Arkillo
63-->''" Only '''fear''' is beautiful."''
64[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Arkillo_5363.jpg]]
65->'''Homeworld:''' Vorn
66->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #10 (May 2006)
67
68Sinestro's right-hand man and most loyal supporter. Arkillo was the first being Sinestro chose to join the Sinestro Corps, and he quickly proved his worth as a leader and taskmaster. The hulking, ogre-like alien is the Corps' main drill sergeant and overseer of the ring forges. After the Sinestro Corps War, when Sinestro was imprisoned on Oa, Arkillo led the faction that remained loyal to him; he challenged the usurper, Mongul, for control of the Corps, but lost and had his tongue ripped out as punishment. Following Sinestro's return, Arkillo resumed his old duties.
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70Arkillo was off with the New Guardians when the Corps went rogue and Sinestro disbanded them, and was incredibly angered at Sinestro's apparent betrayal. The Weaponer provided him with a new (albeit likely flawed) battery, and Arkillo now serves no one but himself and the Yellow Light.
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72* AxCrazy: When you piss him off.
73* BerserkButton: If you either mention Mongu-er, the M-word around him or ask about his necklace, he'll kill you on the spot. No questions asked.
74* BoisterousBruiser: A dark example. Extremely loud and always up for the chance to kill people.
75* CharacterDevelopment: Has received a great deal of this in ''Green Lantern: New Guardians'', and went from a full-fledged villain who just had a great sense of honor, to an AntiVillain, and then quickly progressed from a NominalHero all the way to a full-blown UnscrupulousHero.
76* DeadpanSnarker: For a being whose generally a violent brute, sarcasm is surprisingly common from him.
77* DefeatMeansFriendship: Guy Gardner beat him in a ''brutal'' fist-fight without their rings to secure his allegiance to the Green-Yellow Lantern union, correctly figuring that even if Soranik Natu was in charge, Arkillo was key to getting the Yellows to fall in line and recognising that Arkillo was his opposite number. After that, they became good friends, and remained so even after the alliance fell apart, meeting up for a monthly beer. It got to the point that Arkillo actually faced him down when a Darkstar possessed Guy nearly killed his father in a rage, telling him to GoThroughMe if he wants to finish the job, refusing to fight back, instead challenging him to take off the Darkstar mantle and telling him YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre. ThePowerOfFriendship actually snaps Guy out of it, after an extended pummelling.
78* TheDragon: Sinestro's right-hand man.
79* DragonAscendant: With Sinestro's HeelFaceTurn, Arkillo's in charge of the Corps. Unfortunately he's one of the few left.
80* TheDreaded: The universe fears the Sinestro Corps. The Sinestro Corps? ''They'' fear ''him'', and with good reason - even after he mellows out, he's one of the most dangerous ring-slingers in the universe. The only exception to this among the Sinestro Corps is Sinestro himself.
81* DrillSergeantNasty: If you fail his tasks in any way, shape, or form, he'll devour you then and there. Well, that's how he used to be; he's become ''far'' more reasonable since his life fell apart and he was forced to rebuild everything.
82* EvilCounterpart:
83** To Kilowog, the Green Lanterns' drill instructor and fellow hulking alien. They dueled twice in the ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar, with Arkillo initially being contemptuous of Kilowog, before going a few rounds with him and instead taunting/lamenting that such a warrior is let down by those around him.
84** Guy Gardner sees Arkillo as the Yellow Lantern equivalent to himself due to both of them being highly temperamental while still holding the values of their respective Corps in high regard. Which he proves with a knock-down drag-out bare-knuckle brawl
85* FatalFlaw: Although he believes his ring isn't working correctly, according to Carol the reason it isn't working is because (ironically) he's afraid that he [[InadequateInheritor isn't capable of measuring up to/surpassing Sinestro's legacy]] and isn't owning up to it.
86* {{Fingore}}: He loses most of his left hand's fingers to Bekka during the events of ''ComicBook/GreenLanternGodhead''.
87* GoodIsNotNice: After his HeelFaceTurn, he's still the same DrillSergeantNasty savage he always was, he's just not going to eat you.
88* HiddenDepths:
89** He's always been portrayed as a bloodthirsty, murderous savage, but it was recently revealed by Carol Ferris that Arkillo actually loves Sinestro and is afraid he'll never measure up to him. Though it's not yet known if his love for Sinestro is in a romantic way or if it's loving him as a fatherly figure (Carol mentions him having "daddy issues"), it helps explain his UndyingLoyalty to Sinestro and why he took Sinestro's betrayal so hard. Time will tell if this is also why Saint Walker has become his MoralityPet after Walker regrew his tongue.
90** In general, he takes his friendships very seriously, as demonstrated with Saint Walker, and his friendship with Guy Gardner, to the point where he let the latter almost beat him to death to make a point.
91* ImAHumanitarian: Fail his tasks and he'll devour you on the spot. Well, he used to. He's mellowed out significantly.
92* InsistentTerminology: Now that he's the leader of the Sinestro Corps, Arkillo would rather have the corps be called Yellow Lanterns or Fear Lanterns, as Sinestro betrayed them.
93* InsultBackfire: When the Archangel defeats several members of different Corps. he advances on Saint Walker and Arkillo, saying that they're more black hearts, Arkillo lunges at him saying "The Blackest".
94* JerkAss: During the Corps' initial run, he was an absolutely brutal and merciless drill sergeant who felt that fear was the best motivator and would keep lower-ranked members in line with the threat of being devoured alive. After his life fell apart and he had to rebuild everything, he became a hell of a lot more reasonable.
95* LastOfHisKind: After Sinestro betrayed and disbanded the Corps, Arkillo was the only Yellow Lantern left active. Didn't last for very long, though.
96* LeeroyJenkins: When the New Guardians encounter Invictus, a terrifyingly powerful archangel, what does Arkillo do? ''He charges right at him and decks him.'' Oh, and keep in mind that Invictus was otherwise [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] the rest of the New Guardians. And yet, in spite of all that, Arkillo is STILL going toe-to-toe with him.
97* LightningBruiser: Extremely strong, tough, and fast.
98* MemeticBadass: Considered this in-universe by his men, who simultaneously fear and revere him.
99* MoralityPet: Saint Walker is one for him after he healed Arkillo's tongue. Their relationship grows more and more into this with time spent together. In issue 10 of New Guardians, as Saint Walker continues to fight while saying he'll never give up hope, Arkillo -- who is fighting Reach soldiers at the time -- tells Walker to "Fear not," which is notable since he's a bloodthirsty killer who gets off on inducing fear and despair but he just told Walker to not be scared. Then in issue 11 of New Guardians, for example, Arkillo is pleased with Saint Walker after he becomes adamant about making Larfleeze pay for the Reach invasion to the Blue Lantern homeworld. He pats Walker's shoulder and comments that he's glad to finally see some fire in Walker's belly.
100* OddFriendship: With Guy Gardner during the brief period where the Green and Yellow Lanterns were united. It endured, and they meet up every month for a beer. They're close enough that he can call on ThePowerOfFriendship to snap Guy out of Darkstar possession.
101* ThePowerOfFriendship: You wouldn't think it, but his friendship with Guy ended up being strong enough that combined with a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, he could snap Guy out of a Darkstar possession.
102* TheSpeechless: After his run-in with Mongul, Arkillo's tongue was ripped out and uses his power ring to communicate. Saint Walker eventually healed him.
103* SuperStrength: Even without his ring.
104* TongueTrauma: When Mongul ripped his tongue out.
105* TookALevelInKindness:
106** Spending time with the New Guardians team has had this effect on him. This can be seen with his relationship with not only Saint Walker (see MoralityPet), but also Carol Ferris, who he doesn't want being insulted. Moreover, he doesn't seem to be as bloodthirsty as he was before joining.
107** In Sinestro's solo comic, the Corps heads to Earth to defend it from an invasion of emotion-stealing creatures. After Arkillo protects a mother and daughter from one of the creatures, the little girl tells her mom not to worry because a superhero is protecting them. Arkillo instantly notices this. Shortly afterwards, the Corps heads out to fight some more, but Arkillo opts to stay behind in order to protect the defenseless civilians.
108* UndyingLoyalty: He's pretty much a very violent and barbaric brute, but he is also fiercely loyal, namely being Sinestro's most loyal Corps member. He's also been showing this towards Saint Walker after the latter used his ring to regrow Arkillo's tongue, first by trying to protect him from Invictus (though he finds it difficult to actually voice the word "friend" when referring to Walker) and then by quickly and with no hesitation coming to help Walker and the Blue Lantern corps fight against the forces invading their home planet. He later demonstrates this towards Guy, never failing to turn up when he needs help.
109* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Arkillo, of all people, is the one to talk a Darkstar possessed Guy out of killing someone (his alcoholic, abusive father) by appealing to this and ThePowerOfFriendship. Not bad for a guy who used to eat people.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Amon Sur]]
113!!Amon Sur
114-->''"Yes! The son of the great Abin Sur! Who fled the woman he loved to seek glory! Oh, yes! It is such an achievement to bear the most powerful weapon in the universe! It is so challenging when you can destroy everything blocking your path! You want to know what I am, Green Lantern of Earth? I am a man who once had nothing and made an army. I am a man without a destiny but who now controls the fate of thousands. And I am the man who '''killed''' Green Lantern."''
115[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amon_sur_016.jpg]]
116->'''Homeworld:''' Ungara
117->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 3 #162 (June 2003) (joins the Sinestro Corps in ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #17 (April 2007))
118
119The son of Abin Sur, his resentment over his father's death and jealousy of Hal Jordan drive him to become a Sinestro Corpsman. When he murders the family of the fallen Green Lantern Ke'Haan, he is murdered by Laira Omoto.
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121* AssholeVictim: Laira may have murdered him and cost herself her ring because of it, but it's not like he didn't have it coming.
122* BaldOfEvil: Like his father he's bald, but unlike his father he's a criminal, a coward and a murderer.
123* DirtyCoward: The second he discovered that the Green Lantern Corps' rings were now allowed to use lethal force against Sinestro Corps members, he ran away to save his own skin.
124* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Amon Sur was the son of the legendary Green Lantern Abin Sur. He grew up to be a leader of Black Circle Crime Syndicate. It was implied he was trying to live up to his father's accomplishments and angry that his father was not around to raise him. When he dug up his father body with Hal Jordan and he goes on to say how he should have been different and how his father was never there for him, and it the Green Lantern Corp fault. Hal Jordan had NoSympathy point out not having a father did not excuse his crimes. He's even the current trope picture.
125-->'''Amon Sur:''' Things should have been different. I should have been different. My father was never there for me. He was never there because of the damn Green Lantern Corps. What I become for so long was their fault.
126-->'''Hal Jordan:''' You gotta be kidding me. You don't get a free pass because your father wasn't there. No one else did.
127* GreenEyedMonster: He hates Hal Jordan because he thought he should have his father's ring.
128* PunnyName: His name sounds like "A monster."
129[[/folder]]
130
131[[folder:Bedovian]]
132!!Bedovian
133[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Bedovian_9880.jpg]]
134->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
135->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #20 (July 2007)
136
137A mysterious being resembling a hermit crab, Bedovian usually drifts through space, emerging from his shell only to feed. He was recruited by the Sinestro Corps, as their sniper. It was noted by Lyssa Drak that unlike the others, he did not have to train to conquer his own fears, as the centuries of isolation within his shell had numbed him to all emotions.
138
139He was defeated in battle by John Stewart, who managed to figure out where he was and snipe him back. He survived, and in the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', his greatest contribution to the war was to shoot the zombie Anti-Monitor in the head and destroy him.
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141* BizarreAlienBiology: Bedovian's alien metabolism enables him to survive for centuries in the harsh vacuum of outer space without air, food, or water.
142* ColdSniper: He's sniper and also stoic and humorless to an extreme degree.
143* EldritchAbomination: Considered something pretty close to it in-universe.
144* HeroKiller: During the Sinestro Corps War, he was shown to have murdered the Green Lanterns, Barin, Diamalon, and Cundiff Cood.
145* ImprobableAimingSkills: Can snipe people from ''three space sectors away''.
146* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It's been stated that he can go 600 years between meals.
147* TheQuietOne: Never seen speaking, only acknowledging commands and shooting.
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Bekka]]
151!!Bekka
152-->''"Love. Love for you, my soldiers. But for '''you''', Sinestro, for what we have '''both''' done here today, only '''damnation''' awaits."''
153[[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bekka_0.jpg]]
154->'''Homeworld:''' New Genesis
155->'''First Appearance:''' ''DC Graphic Novel'' #4 (1985) (did not become affiliated with the Sinestro Corps until after Flashpoint during the events of Sinestro's ongoing)
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157* BroughtDownToBadass: As a New God, she's more than capable of fighting even if her ring runs out of power.
158* DefectorFromDecadence: Well, somewhat: she's one of the New Gods of New Genesis, who in post-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} continuity have suffered from ''severe'' AdaptationalVillainy. The Sinestro Corps itself isn't much better.
159[[/folder]]
160
161[[folder:Bizarro Green Lantern]]
162!!Bizarro Green Lantern
163->'''Homeworld:''' Bizarro World
164->'''Sector:''' 4182
165->'''First Appearance:''' ''Action Comics'' #856 (November 2007)[[note]]Post-Crisis version[[/note]]
166
167A Bizarro duplicate of Hal Jordan who somehow got a Sinestro Corps ring. Made his debut during the "Escape from Bizarro World" arc of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'', attempting to aid Bizarro alongside the rest of the Bizarro Justice League before his ring pulled him away to join in the Sinestro Corps' fight against the Green Lantern Corps during the ''Sinestro Corps War'' arc.
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169* AdaptationalBadass: The Pre-Crisis Bizarro Green Lantern was a total coward and had no real power to speak of because he wasn't able to recharge his ring using Hal Jordan's power battery due to his ring having no power over green objects (in contrast to a Green Lantern ring having no power over yellow objects) and declined Bizarro's offer to use the duplicator machine to create a yellow power battery, while the Bizarro Green Lantern that appeared in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' was depicted as too stupid to think of any constructs to make with his ring. This Bizarro Green Lantern is able to use his yellow ring without any issue and relishes in using his constructs to scare other Bizarros.
170* AdaptationNameChange: The Pre-Crisis character he was based on was called The Yellow Lantern.
171* InconvenientSummons: His ring drags him into participating in the Sinestro Corps War while he's trying to assist Bizarro in his latest fight with Superman.
172* OddballDoppelganger: As to be expected from a Bizarro duplicate, Bizarro Green Lantern is essentially Hal Jordan but with a pale, angular complexion and a yellow costume.
173* RiddleForTheAges: It isn't explained how he became a Sinestro Corpsman when he is Hal Jordan's Bizarro World counterpart rather than a recruit who earned his yellow ring from a fearsome reputation.
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Borialosaurus]]
177!!Borialosaurus
178[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/borialosaurus.jpg]]
179->'''Homeworld:''' Maltus
180->'''Sector:''' 3001
181->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
182----
183* EvilCounterpart: Can be seen as one for Isamot Kol, being a humanoid dinosaur-like alien.
184* LastOfHisKind: He's implied to be the last of a race of carnivorous sea animals the Guardians of the Universe hunted into extinction.
185* TimeAbyss: He's said to be the oldest of the Sinestro Corps, dating back to when the Guardians still lived on Maltus.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder:Despotellis]]
189!!Despotellis
190[[quoteright:191:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Despotellis_4785.JPG]]
191->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
192->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #18 (May 2007)
193
194A sentient virus recruited into the Sinestro Corps. Even before joining the Sinestro Corps, Despotellis was a genocidal maniac, having killed over three-fourths of the beings in Space Sector 119. Sinestro used Despotellis to murder Maura Rayner, using her death to break her son Kyle's will to make him susceptible to possession by Parallax. During the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Despotellis infected Guy Gardner, but it was defeated by his counterpart in the Green Lantern Corps, the sentient smallpox virus Leezle Pon, whose partner Despotellis had killed. Despotellis is currently in custody on Oa.
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196* TheDreaded: He is considered the deadliest member of the Sinestro Corps.
197* EvilCounterpart: To Leezle Pon, another super-intelligent smallpox virus and member of the Green Lantern Corps.
198* FrameUp: He infected Mogo in the form of mushroom spores and used this to DrivenToSuicide two Green Lanterns, framing Guy Gardner for murder. But Guy and Soranik Natu found out the truth and freed Mogo from the spore's influence just long enough for Mogo himself to destroy the mother spore.
199* MeaningfulName: A member of the authoritarian Sinestro Corps named ''Despot''-ellis.
200* OmnicidalManiac: Even before joining the Sinestro Corps, Despotellis was a genocidal maniac, having killed over three-fourths of the beings in Space Sector 119.
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder:Feena Sik]]
204!!Feena Sik
205[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feena_sik.jpg]]
206->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
207->'''Sector:''' 2897
208->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
209----
210* ArtInitiatesLife: She completed a ritual meant to bring her art to life by murdering her husband. Her pieces came to life and immediately slaughtered everyone in the vicinity.
211* BlackWidow: She murdered her husband in order to use his death to gain power.
212* CreepyPainting: Her even prints of her paintings are outlawed due to fear that they'll take form and start murdering again.
213* FacialMarkings: Has some on her forehead and on her cheeks.
214* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Looks incredibly like an attractive human woman, besides her odd hair and skin color.
215* MadArtist: An artist willing to murder her own husband to bring her creations to life certainly would be an artist who isn't right in the head.
216[[/folder]]
217
218[[folder:Haasp the Hunter]]
219!!Haasp the Hunter
220[[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haasp_the_hunter.png]]
221->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
222->'''Sector:''' 2937
223->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
224----
225* BeardOfEvil: Unlike his brother's mustache, he has a wild beard that signifies his evil.
226* CainAndAbel: The Cain to his brother Harvid, a veteran Green Lantern's, Abel. He's dedicated himself to hunting down and killing his heroic brother in revenge for his brother arresting him for his many murders.
227* EgomaniacHunter: He hunts and kills endangered sapient species in order to sell their pelts and body parts.
228* EvilCounterpart: The yellow lantern to offset his brother's heroic green lantern activities.
229* HumanAliens: Unlike his brother's red skin, Haasp's skin color makes him look very similar to humans.
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder:Karu-Sil]]
233!!Karu-Sil
234[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1219896738198_6317.jpg]]
235->'''Homeworld:''' Graxos III
236->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #19 (June 2007)
237
238Born on a harsh jungle world, Karu-Sil was orphaned by a rival tribe. She was soon taken in by a small pack of predators, eventually thinking of herself as one of them and mutilating her mouth to look more like them. Eventually, a Green Lantern named Blish found her and killed her "fathers", thinking they were threatening her, and she was institutionalized until her yellow ring found her. She's now constantly accompanied by yellow constructs in the form of her pack.
239
240Sometime after the Sinestro Corps War, Karu-Sil and several other female members of the Sinestro Corps are captured by Zamarons. Her body along with the two others are shown to the Guardians and Green Lantern Corps who visit the homeworld of the Zamarons. The trio are being subjected and conditioned to be members of the Star Sapphire Corps. The impurity of the subject to instill fear being eliminated, replaced by love it was not finished as she was released by Sinestro. During the Blackest Night, Karu-Sil was attacked by the corpses of her pack, reanimated as Black Lanterns. Although initially unwilling to fight her "fathers", she was convinced by a passing Green Lantern to join her light with him and destroy them. She then killed the Green Lantern herself.
241----
242* AdoptTheFood: Possibly averted, according to her resurrected fathers they kept her alive as a kind of "livestock. Storage for a lean winter". Given typical Black Lantern [[BreakingSpeech ''Modus operandi'']] how truthful this is up in the air.
243* ButterFace: Gave herself a mouth like ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Mileena.
244* DeathWorld: Her homeworld.
245* FreudianExcuse: Grew up on a particularly brutal DeathWorld, saw her entire family killed by a rival tribe, saw her adoptive family killed by a Green Lantern who had no clue what the fuck he was doing, and was thrown into an institution where she languished for some time until her ring found her. Given the sheer horror of her entire existence, it's a wonder that she wasn't drafted by the Red Lantern Corps instead.
246* MoralityPet: She has three of them in the forms of her three dead adoptive fathers that are resurrected during ComicBook/BlackestNight.
247* PunnyName: A play on the word "carousel," as her three animal constructs circle around her like a demonic merry-go-round.
248* RaisedByWolves: Her origin story was that she was a child taken in by a pack of alien predators.
249* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Sometimes depicted like one.
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder:Kiriazis]]
253!!Kiriazis
254[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiz_6.jpg]]
255->'''Homeworld:''' Korbal
256->'''Sector:''' 1771
257->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files and Origins'' #1. (February 2008)
258----
259* ExtraEyes: Kiriazis has four eyes.
260* HornedHumanoid: Four of her spiky growths are positioned like horns at the sides of her head.
261* HumanoidAliens: Other than her humanoid form, she's very much alien-looking.
262* SpikesOfVillainy: Her body is covered in thin needle-like spikes.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder:Kretch]]
266!!Kretch
267[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kretch.jpg]]
268->'''Homeworld:''' Soh
269->'''Sector:''' 3545
270->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
271----
272* EarWings: His ears look more like a combination of bat wings and fins than any earth based ears.
273* OmnicidalManiac: He has the reputation of engulfing whole planets in hellfire. Morbidly, it's stated that if you see a star blink out, it may very well be Kretch's doing.
274* OurDemonsAreDifferent: He comes from the planet Soh, but has a distinct appearance similar to classic devils and demons.
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Kryb]]
278!!Kryb
279-->''"Only I can nourish the infant in the Lantern's womb. Nourish it with a power to snuff out the Green Lantern Corps forever. Nothing is going to stop me from taking that child. Nothing!"''
280[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Crib_1866.jpg]]
281->'''Sector:''' 3599
282->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
283Kryb kills parents she views as unworthy and takes their baby children as her own, keeping them in the cage growing out of her back. Since joining the Sinestro Corps, she has begun targeting the children of Green Lanterns.
284
285During the Blackest Night, Kryb escaped Zamaron, and convinced Miri Riam into helping her find her children, who had become the Black Lantern Corphans. She found them attacking Oa, being destroyed by a Red Lantern Guy Gardner. She attempted to stop him, during which time Gardner tore off one of her arms and rammed it down her throat. She is however, later seen when all of the Lantern Corps assembled over the Earth to fight Nekron, and is seen fighting the Black Lanterns of Xanshi.
286----
287* AbusiveParents: Double Subverted. She claims to love all the children she's stolen and says she'd never harm any of them, to the point that even the Star Sapphires believe her love is genuine. But in at least one appearance she deliberately scratched the cheek of Green Lantern Jeryll's child to make Jeryll lower her defenses and kill her, and she generally keeps all her kidnapped charges fed on a liquid which brainwashes them into seeing her as their mother. So while she's not ''usually'' physically abusive, she's emotionally and mentally abusive because she ''makes'' those children love her.
288* AnArmAndALeg: Red Lantern Guy Gardner rips one of her arms in his rampage.
289* AndIMustScream: Was among those female Sinestro Corpsmen the Star Sapphires attempted to convert via crystal prisons. As she was in their custody during the ComicBook/BlackestNight and its lead-up, however, she was forced to hear the voices of her stolen children as they were abducted by Black Lanterns while unable to do anything about it. This causes her to cry, and Miri Riam feels a moment of SympathyForTheDevil.
290* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Up close her eyes turn out to be black, and she's a mentally unstable being that kidnaps children.
291* BodyHorror: The "cage" on her back isn't just an inverted rib cage. It has [[{{Squick}} nipples for her stolen children to suckle.]]
292* HeroKiller: She is infamous for her method of instilling fear by murdering Green Lanterns who are parents, and stealing their children.
293* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: She was believed to be a ghost story parents told their children, but she is a very real monster and, in a twist of irony, the parents have more reason to be afraid of her than the kids.
294* MamaBear: Would you believe she genuinely loves and is protective of the children she steals?
295* MindControl: Whatever kind of milk she secretes has this effect, convincing whoever partakes that she is in fact their mother.
296* MoralityPet: The kids she steals. She was not happy when they were missing.
297* MultiArmedAndDangerous: She has four arms.
298* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: The Black Corphans]] were the direct result of nobody bothering to ask her where her children were. [[spoiler: Which basically means the Green Lanterns and Zamarons were responsible for the mass starvation of thousands of innocent children of their own deceased comrades. Although Star Sapphire Miri points out if Kryb hadn't murdered their parents and kidnapped the children in the first place, they'd still be alive.]]
299* PsychicPowers: Not that it's heavily expanded upon, but her milk apparently creates a telepathic connection between her and those who ingest it, which implies some level of MindControl and {{Telepathy}} on her part.
300* PunnyName: Her name is a homophone of "crib" and she holds infants in a cage on her back.
301* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Has the hair for it, at least.
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Low]]
305!!Low
306[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/low.jpg]]
307->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
308->'''Sector:''' 3308
309->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
310----
311* BizarreAlienReproduction: They lay a bunch of eggs in their victims which then hatch as slug like offspring before eating their way out and growing to the somewhat more humanoid adult form.
312* ChestBurster: They lay eggs in their victims, which then eat and wriggle their way out.
313* EyelessFace: Their mouth takes up too much room for any eyes to fit on their face.
314* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Their mouth is full of rows of sharp teeth.
315[[/folder]]
316
317[[folder:Lyssa Drak]]
318!!Lyssa Drak
319-->''"--Do not rely '''solely''' on your rings-- Their '''skin''' will be more pages in the '''book of Sinestro'''! Their blood will ink this chapter of our '''ghastly history'''!"''
320[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Green_Lantern_-64_p_7_3568.jpg]]
321->'''Homeworld:''' Talok VII
322->'''Sector:''' 3500
323->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #18 (May 2007)
324
325The Keeper of The Book of Parallax, she records the history of the Sinestro Corps in its pages. Her past is unknown, but she is incredibly loyal to Sinestro and her leader obviously trusts her with their group's greatest secrets. She also supervises the final test for membership: a potential recruit is locked in a Fear Lodge, a sealed box of absolute darkness, with an uncharged power ring. If they can overcome and master their own fears, they can ignite their ring and escape. Failure means death from thirst, starvation, suffocation, or suicide. She noted with interest the example of Bedovian mentioned above, and she unexpectedly gave Amon Sur a bit of encouragement by reading to him the tales of the others before him.
326
327She was arrested and imprisoned on Oa, but broke free from her cell during a prison riot. While searching for her book, she found the mysterious Book of the Black, only for the Guardian known as Scar to trap her within it. During ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'', Krona freed her and recruited her for his plans. After Krona's defeat, she returned to Sinestro and serves as his most loyal follower and on-again, off-again love interest.
328----
329* AndIMustScream: When she was trapped in The Book of the Black.
330* BadassBookworm: Her primary job is to record the history of the Sinestro Corps, but she is just as capable as any other Yellow Lantern.
331* BadassCape: Part of her usual attire.
332* ChainedByFashion: The Book of Parallax is kept chained to her wrist.
333* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: A hot alien babe with blue skin.
334* HeelFaceTurn: After Krona freed her, she turned against Sinestro for knowledge and not being rescued. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor She eventually came back around, though.]]
335* HorrorHost: "Tales of the Sinestro Corps", a back-up feature of the ''Green Lantern'' comic leading up to (and in the cases of the last two installments, occuring during) the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'' arc, had her serve as a horror host by reading a story about a member of the Sinestro Corps from the Book of Parallax. The first three installments had her tell the newly recruited Amon Sur tales where the Sinestro Corpsmen Despotellis, Karu-Sil and Bedovian wreaked havoc (as well as how they were recruited into the Sinestro Corps in the cases of the latter two), the fourth installment was the back-up story for the ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' that began the arc and has her tell the audience a [[UnreliableNarrator considerably biased]] retelling of how Sinestro was disgraced and kicked out of the Green Lantern Corps and the final installment appeared as the back-up story of the ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime'' one-shot and had Lyssa try to scare expecting Green Lantern couple Amnee and Matoo Pree by telling them a story where Sinestro Corps member Kryb took a Green Lantern's child after murdering her and her husband.
336* HotLibrarian: She qualifies as this, since she keeps the Book of Parallax
337%%* HumanoidAbomination: If she wasn't one before, she's ''definitely'' one ''Brightest Day''.
338* HumanNotepad: A ''Talokite'' Notepad. In the aftermath of ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern, Lyssa senses that the Book of Parallax has been destroyed, and proceeds to use her ring to burn it all into her skin from memory.
339* LongLostRelative: Her surname implies she's a distant relation to Shadow Lass of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.
340* MadOracle: An insane oracle recruited for her lack of weaknesses and ability to inspire fear.
341* MeaningfulName: You need BilingualBonus. "Lyssa" sounds sexy but it's Greek and means "rabies".
342* MsExposition: Her usual role in the Sinestro corps. Justified since it's her job to know all the stories of every last member of the corps.
343* MsFanservice: A scantily-clad blue-skinned babe and also an HotLibrarian.
344* NavelDeepNeckline: Her outfits usually have a deep v-neckline that goes down (or past) to her navel.
345* PointyEars: Long blue ears.
346* TheStoryteller: Lyssa loves to tell stories about her corps to anyone willing to listen. When she gets interrogated by some [=GLs=], she only tells them stories about the corps.
347* {{Stripperific}}: Her usual outfit is very skimpy.
348* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Book of Parallax holds the life story of every member of the Sinestro Corps, and every atrocity they have done in the name of fear.
349* ThongOfShielding: Her sinister attire.
350[[/folder]]
351
352[[folder:Maash]]
353!!Maash
354[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maash.jpg]]
355->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
356->'''Sector:''' 863
357->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
358----
359* AndIMustScream: The top head does not in any way approve of his brothers' crimes, but he can't do anything about it from where he is.
360* ConjoinedTwins: Conjoined triplets, only the heads and minds of all three developed they're all sharing one body.
361* EvilCounterpart: They are a criminal and murderer with a power ring designed to spread fear who shares his sector with the heroic but repenting Green Lantern Krista X, whose sense of morality keeps her away from Oa after becoming involved in a secret division practicing psychological warfare and manipulation which she later grew to regret.
362* EvilTwin: Inverted. Maash is in fact a set of triplets that merged into one in their mother's womb. The bottom two heads are in control all the time and are the actual monsters. The very top head is completely innocent and has no ability to stop his siblings.
363* MultipleHeadCase: Three heads stacked atop each other.
364[[/folder]]
365
366[[folder:Murr the Melting Man]]
367!!Murr the Melting Man (Ausiin Snow)
368[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/murr.jpg]]
369->'''Homeworld:''' DW-426
370->'''Sector:''' Sector 3490
371->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files and Origins'' #1. (February 2008)
372----
373* PoisonousPerson: He can melt things with a touch.
374* WasOnceAMan: He used to be a normal scientist until he got mutated in a freak lab accident.
375[[/folder]]
376
377[[folder:Nax]]
378!!Nax
379[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nax.jpg]]
380->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
381->'''Sector:''' n/a
382->'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}'' #14. (October 2015)
383----
384* AlienAbduction: Nax was part of and raised in an enclave of traveling scientists who abducted and experimented on lifeforms from various planets.
385* AlienHair: Nax has no hair, but does have two short thin tentacles hanging from the back of her head.
386* TokenGoodTeammate: Most of the Sinestro Corps is made up of murderers and genocidal maniacs of all stripes and, while Nax isn't a complete innocent, she acts as a medic and does not act out of a malicious intent.
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Parallax]]
390!!Parallax
391-->''"The whole universe will empower me as our terror spreads, old man. And Sinestro will control all."''
392[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-85606-118681-parallax_super_5336.jpg]]
393->'''Homeworld:''' Qward (originally Earth)
394->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 3 #50 (March 1994, as an alias by Hal Jordan), ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' #1 (December 2004, as the Fear Entity)
395
396The Fear Entity--the embodiment of the Yellow Light, given life and strength from the fear of every sentient being. It was born when early life experienced fear for the first time. The Guardians bound it on Maltus eons ago, until it was released by Larfleeze. Eventually, the Guardians ended Parallax's reign of terror by trapping it in the Central Power Battery on Oa, where it stayed for countless ages until everyone, even the Guardians themselves, forgot about its existence. Parallax ''was'' the Yellow Impurity that prevented Green Lantern rings from affecting the color yellow.
397
398Like Ion, Parallax can possess a living host, but it either dominates them completely or subtly manipulates their actions. Hal Jordan was its best-known host, through whom Parallax destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and nearly remade the entire universe. During the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Parallax possessed Kyle Rayner for a brief time.
399----
400* ADarkerMe: How it usually manifests in comparison to its hosts, Sinestro excepted - probably because he controls it and because there's not much further it can drive him. Indeed, it's a bit unclear how much of a personality it has on its own; it's perfectly intelligent, it just doesn't seem to really show much sign of it without a host.
401* AncientEvil: Prior to being sealed away by the Guardians, it is said to have almost brought the universe to ruin.
402* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the yellow light of fear, and fear itself by extension.
403* ArchEnemy: ComicBook/TheSpectre absolutely despises it - and is somewhat afraid of it. Parallax, meanwhile, gleefully despises the Spectre for what he is and how he managed to chain it for a while in Hal's soul.
404* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Downplayed in its regular form, which is far larger than a human but not towering. Played straight when possessing Ganthet at the climax of ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'', where Hal is about the size of its ''eye.''
405* AxCrazy: Batshit insane bug whose personality is full of malice.
406* BadassBoast: Makes several to the Spectre during ''Rebirth'' and ''Blackest Night.''
407--->''"You are more likely to eradicate the '''color yellow''' from reality than you are to eradicate '''me''', Black Lantern."''
408* BerserkButton: Does ''not'' take kindly to the idea that it fears anything, especially Hal Jordan.
409* BigCreepyCrawlies: Its true form evokes this, mixed with a little [[DreadfulDragonfly dragonfly]] and serpent/eastern dragon. Though the extent of this does [[DependingOnTheArtist depend on the artist.]]
410* BodyHorror: Tends to do this to its hosts, with the tamest example being how it likes to give them grins with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily. Sinestro is the usual exception, given his control of it, save when he really loses it with Volthoom the First Lantern in ''Wrath of the First Lantern''. Since Volthoom had blown up Korugar and taunted him about it, as a way of regaining his full powers, this isn't exactly surprising.
411* BreakThemByTalking: Loves to attempt this, and the access it has to its hosts' memories and knowledge means it can make its lectures cut quite deeply indeed.
412* CardCarryingVillain: While the Sinestro Corps as a whole may hover somewhere around [[KnightTemplar Knight Templar-hood,]] Parallax itself is utterly and gleefully evil, with absolutely no redeeming features or any real goals other than spreading fear.
413* CivilizationDestroyer: The reason the Guardians had to seal it away. In the past, any planet it landed on would have its civilisations collectively driven insane by fear, which Parallax would feed off until they ultimately destroyed themselves.
414* TheCorrupter: Was responsible for Hal Jordan's descent into insanity and subsequent villainy by influencing his mind from inside the Central Power Battery. And when [[spoiler: Krona returns it to the Central Battery to control all the Green Lanterns during Brightest Day]], even though the Earth Lanterns (plus Kilowog and Ganthet) are able to resist being outright controlled, its influence almost turns them against one another.
415* CurbstompBattle: Black Lantern Spectre didn’t even make it sweat.
416* DemonicPossession: It can possess any being that feels even the faintest flicker of fear. People it has done this to include not just Hal and Kyle, but the Flash and Superman. Sometimes it likes to twist the knife by pretending to speak as the person it is possessing.
417** The flip side is that it is unable to control anyone that has overcome or mastered fear, which is how Sinestro was able to turn the tables and control ''it'' instead.
418* TheDragon: To Sinestro in ''Sinestro Corps War'' and [[spoiler: Krona]] in ''ComicBook/BrightestDay''.
419** DragonWithAnAgenda: Obviously doesn't care about Sinestro's goal of bringing order to the universe. It only sticks with him because if Sinestro succeeds, then the entire universe will be living under fear, [[EmotionEater which it wants very much to feed off of.]]
420* EldritchAbomination: It looks like a cross between a giant dragonfly and a serpent.
421* EmotionEater: Comes with being the embodiment of fear.
422* EnergyBeing: Its body.
423* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Superman points out that by it's very nature, it's probably incapable of truly understanding emotions like willpower and hope.
424* EvilCostumeSwitch: Yeah, being possessed by Parallax is an objectively horrific experience. But at least you get a cool set of InstantArmor and a BadassCape out of it!
425* EvilCounterpart: To Ion.
426* EvilerThanThou:
427** It makes itself clear that while it may be a member of the Sinestro Corps, it owes them no loyalty and they will die if they get in its way.
428** It is repeatedly subjected to this by Sinestro, whose combination of raw willpower and mastery of fear means that he can leash it for extended periods of time. It is not, in any way, shape, or form, at all happy about this. Sinestro, for his part, doesn't care and while just make it come to heel.
429-->'''Sinestro''': Don't make me repeat myself.
430* FauxAffablyEvil: At least acted this way towards Kyle Rayner when it had an internal conversation with his mind.
431* FourFingeredHands: [[DependingOnTheArtist In some artistic interpretations.]]
432* FromNobodyToNightmare: Parallax used to be nothing more than an ordinary little bug... before it became the first being to experience fear.
433* FusionDance: Once, while possessing Kyle Rayner, it absorbed Jordan into itself to become what appeared to be a merged body that visually combined the looks of both their respective uniforms while acting as its host, only yellow. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It backfired on Parallax spectacularly,]] since absorbing Hal let him reach Kyle and help him break free.
434* TheHeartless: Embodiment of all fear.
435* HijackingCthulhu: The Spectre took Hal Jordan as a host with the intent of separating his soul from Parallax, only for Parallax to use their merger to hijack the Spectre's power instead.
436** Also on the receiving end courtesy of Sinestro.
437* IAmTheNoun: If you somehow forgot which emotion it represents, it will be more than happy to remind you.
438-->'''”You see, I’m not ''afraid,'' Superman... I ''am '' fear.”'''
439* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: Parallax deliberately kidnaps several children from Metropolis in order to get to Superman.
440* ItIsDehumanizing: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] as while Parallax is usually referred to as an ‘it’, ‘he’ is also used occasionally. Parallax is definitely as inhuman and eldritch as this trope implies, however.
441* KryptoniteFactor: Aside from literally ''being'' the yellow impurity that gave the Corps their original weakness against yellow, Parallax ''is'' a Green Lantern's kryptonite factor, as the rings require focus and willpower to wield and fear tends to disrupt that. Only Green Lanterns with the ability to overcome great fear can stand against it.
442* LastOfHisKind: The only non-humanoid (as with Black Hand) emotional entity not [[spoiler:sealed into the Source Wall]] as of the end of "Light's Out". It couldn't care less.
443* LightIsNotGood: Quite possibly the ultimate example of this, being both an embodiment of light and also completely evil.
444* LockedIntoStrangeness: A telltale sign of Parallax’s influence is grey hair, either at the temples or as a skunk stripe.
445* LovecraftianSuperpower: During Sinestro Corps War, we got a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] look into what Parallax can do to its host's bodies: most prominently, while possessing Kyle Rayner, it turned his chest into a mass of yellow tendrils so it could absorb Hal Jordan.
446** When a host is freed from its control, the usual way of portraying this is that ''both'' of them are ''literally'' ripped out of the 'merged' body, which is then discarded as a husk of skin and teeth and yellow goo on the ground. It's even less pretty than it sounds.
447* MadeOfEvil: Well, made of ''fear,'' which ''should'' technically be more neutral... except Parallax is by far the most malicious of all the emotional entities. Thematically, it also represents the opposite of what all Green Lanterns strive for, being the manifestation of fear trying to overcome you.
448* MindRape: It is able to instil doubt and fear into people’s hearts, which is how it got to Hal to begin with.
449* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: It has rows and rows of needle-like teeth, a trait it loves to pass on to its hosts. Sinestro is usually the exception, unless he's particularly angry, thanks to his sheer control.
450* OmnicidalManiac: In case [[ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime that time it made Hal Jordan destroy the universe]] wasn't enough proof:
451-->'''Spectre:''' You will be ''destroyed...''
452-->'''Parallax:''' No. I believe that's ''everyone'' else.
453* OrificeInvasion: It’s preferred method of directly possessing people. [[NightmareFuel Thanks for not cutting away while it happens, comic artists!]]
454* PowersViaPossession: Anyone it possesses will essentially become a PhysicalGod. Interestingly, it's implied that Parallax itself becomes much more powerful with a host, even if the host doesn't have any superpowers of their own. [[FridgeBrilliance It is described as a 'parasite', after all.]]
455* PsychoExGirlfriend: Disturbingly, it tends to come off as this towards Hal, referring to him as its 'special someone'.
456* PsychoSupporter: Inverted; it regards Batman as its disciple due to his [[TerrorHero methods]] of combating crime.
457* SealedEvilInACan: ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' revealed that the long-established "[[KryptoniteFactor yellow impurity]]" in the Central Power Battery was actually ''Parallax'', the "yellow fear entity," an [[AnthropomorphicPersonification insectile manifestation]] of that emotion, released when Hal "Greatest GL of them All" Jordan entered the Central Battery years before. Before that, it was in a box that was stolen from Maltus by Larfleeze and his crew. Later it was imprisoned in a Sciencell, and finally got ripped apart and stashed in four separate batteries.
458* SkewedPriorities: During Blackest Night, it’s so busy trying to kill the Spectre that it doesn’t even seem to notice or care that there’s still a Black Lantern invasion happening ''in their immediate vicinity'' that needs stopping.
459* SlasherSmile: Its default expression. It only really drops it when it's angry.
460* SpeechBubbles: [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Yellow ones]] with more angular lettering to match its demonic appearance and nature.
461* SupernaturalFearInducer: Well, ''duh.''
462* TheDogBitesBack: Sinestro’s use of Parallax as his own personal attack dog earned him the entity’s hatred for enslaving it, leading it to try and kill him in revenge once it finally got free.
463* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: It saved ComicBook/TheSpectre from the Black Lanterns just so they could have a proper rematch.
464* ThroatLight: It’s ''made'' of light, but the glowing fear symbol that represents the Sinestro Corps is located in its mouth.
465* TimeAbyss: Parallax was stuck in the Central Power Battery for ''at least'' ten million years, and existed long before the Guardians trapped it there. We find out in Blackest Night that it is the second oldest of all the emotional entities save for Ion, being born the moment fear was felt for the very first time.
466* VillainousBreakdown: Right at the end of ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' when Hal ''still'' [[{{Determinator}} refuses to give up,]] its frustration and fury are extremely evident.
467* VillainDecay: Since the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, Parallax has been not so much a villain of its own as much as a tool for greater power over yellow energy, with its own personality having been ignored for the most part. Given that Sinestro long ago figured out how to control it, this isn't entirely surprising.
468* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ever since ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Parallax’s appearances in comics have been sparse at best, and its current location and activities are unknown. However, it's fairly reasonable to speculate that it's avoiding Sinestro.
469* {{Yandere}}: Shows some elements of this to Hal, wanting to use him as a host again and sometimes calling him "my precious Hal".
470[[/folder]]
471
472[[folder:Romat-Ru]]
473!! Romat-Ru
474[[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/romatru.jpg]]
475->'''Homeworld:''' Xudar
476->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
477
478Xudar's worst serial killer. A minor arrest led the Xudarian police force to discover the [[WouldHurtAChild bones of thousands of children]] on his property. The intense fear he instills in the people of Xudar leads to him being recruited as a Sinestro Corpsman.
479----
480* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He is murdered by Tomar-Tu after gloating about the children he'd murder in the future. This leads Tomar-Tu to eventually join the Darkstars.]]
481* AxCrazy: A sadistic serial killer of children.
482* EvilCounterpart: To Tomar-Tu.
483* {{Sadist}}: He revels in the suffering he causes, at one point saying that he prefers to kill children ''exactly because'' they have their whole lives ahead of them.
484--> '''Romat-Ru''': Why waste effort on the ''grown?'' Their lives are already behind them. I steal Xudar's leaders and surgeons and heroes of tomorrow.
485* SerialKiller: He's murdered countless children.
486* UndyingLoyalty: While Arkillo was off fighting Mongul, Romat-Ru led the rest of the loyalists to free Sinestro.
487* WouldHurtAChild: Police discovered the bones of ''thousands'' of children in his home.
488[[/folder]]
489
490[[folder:Schlagg-Man]]
491!!Schlagg-Man
492[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schlagg_man.jpg]]
493->'''Homeworld:''' Bismoll
494->'''Sector:''' 3493
495->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
496----
497* ContinuityNod: His home planet of Bismoll is the home of Matter-Eater Lad of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes. Or at least it will be in a thousand years.
498* HulkMashUp: A purple-skinned variation, he shares the Hulk's broad diet and is more articulate than the normal dumb brute characterization.
499* ExtremeOmnivore: He's a Bismollian so this is natural, but after his teeth were removed and he had them replaced with a set of dentures made from Bismollian steel, he can bite through ''anything''.
500* {{Tuckerization}}: His name's a variation of Adam Schlagman's.
501[[/folder]]
502
503[[folder:Scivor]]
504!!Scivor
505[[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scivor.png]]
506->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
507->'''Sector:''' 3106
508->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
509----
510* AGodAmI: He's passed himself off as an ancient torture god and influenced thousands to murder in his name, including some of the worst serial killers in the universe.
511* TheBlank: He has no face.
512* CharmPerson: To a degree.
513* HornedHumanoid: Two of his spiky growths are shaped and positioned like traditional depictions of little devil horns.
514* MindRape: Scivor's method of implanting thoughts of murder.
515** MoreThanMindControl: How much of these thoughts are Scivor's own doing or whether he just gives a little push towards murder is up for clarification.
516* SpikesOfVillainy: Covered in thorn-like spines across his body, and very evil.
517* {{Tuckerization}}: Of Ethan Van Sciver's last name.
518[[/folder]]
519
520[[folder:Seer Ruggle]]
521!!Seer Ruggle
522[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seer_ruggle.jpg]]
523 ->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
524->'''Sector:''' 2700
525->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
526----
527* BaldOfEvil: She's a bald alien woman and a MadBomber.
528* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Bald and orange skinned but not bad looking.
529* MadBomber: Seer Ruggle is a renowned designer of various destructive devices including blink-bombs. She was the creator of the blink-bomb used in the attempted assassination of Mogo by the Children of the White Lobe.
530* PointyEars: She's got pointy ears, one of the few indicators she's an alien.
531[[/folder]]
532
533[[folder:Sirket]]
534!!Sirket
535[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sirket.jpg]]
536->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
537->'''Sector:''' 1110
538->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
539----
540* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's a giant insect that inhabits the space between universes.
541* HellIsThatNoise: In-universe, it's said that the sound it makes when rubbings its legs together can drive men to madness.
542[[/folder]]
543
544[[folder:Slushh]]
545!!Slushh
546[[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slussh.png]]
547->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
548->'''Sector:''' 3376
549->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
550----
551* BlobMonster: His body is half slime, half corrosive acid.
552* HollywoodAcid: Has an incredibly acidic interior.
553* StarfishAliens: One of the more alien members of the Sinestro Corps
554* TheUnintelligible: Communicates in squiggly lines, which are nonetheless understood by his compatriots.
555[[/folder]]
556
557[[folder:Smithwick]]
558!!Smithwick
559[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smithwick.jpg]]
560->'''Homeworld:''' Slyggia
561->'''Sector:''' 1418
562->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
563----
564* EvilCounterpart: To Salakk. They come from the same planet, but while Salakk is a gifted strategist and coordinator of the Green Lantern Corps, Smithwick is a firm believer in chaos and anarchy.
565* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Being a Slyggian, Smithwick has four arms and is very much dangerous.
566[[/folder]]
567
568[[folder:Snap Trap]]
569!!Snap Trap
570[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snap_trap.jpg]]
571->'''Homeworld:''' Unknown
572->'''Sector:''' 3189
573->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
574----
575* FateWorseThanDeath: He feeds on spines, which he removes using a hypnotic gaze, whip-like tongue, and a jaw like a steel trap. However, his victims are ''still alive'' after he's done with them.
576* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: His teeth are numerous.
577* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: He resembles an alien alligator which walks on two feet.
578[[/folder]]
579
580[[folder:Soranik Natu]]
581-->''" You forget that I'm a Natu by name, but a Sinestro by blood. Fear is the '''family gift'''. I feel it '''throbbing''' inside you. The fear that made you keep your secret. Fear that I wouldn't want to be with you. Fear that I'd be the '''love''' you let '''slip away'''. '''You fear a wounded heart!''' You can't hide from your '''fear''', '''alley rat'''."''
582[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/57a31549_5682_46ab_adc4_76469790761d.png]]
583 [[caption-width-right:350:]]
584
585* See [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]]
586[[/folder]]
587
588[[folder:Ranx the Sentient City]]
589!!Ranx the Sentient City
590[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Ranx_5441.PNG]]
591->'''Homeworld:''' Ranx
592->'''First Appearance:''' ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #2 (December 1986) (joins the Sinestro Corps in ''Green Lantern Corps'' Vol 2 #14 (September 2007))
593
594One of the most powerful of the Sinestro Corps, Ranx is an interstellar city the size of a moon. Its origins are unknown, but it is said to be as old as the stars. The circuitry running through it allows it to be aware of every activity on its surface, and it can manipulate its own landscape and gravity, similar to Mogo. Ranx's only inhabitants were criminals and drifters, but it developed a grudge against the Green Lanterns for attacking it and taking them away. The other Sinestro Corps members used Ranx as a base and training ground, similar to Mogo and the Green Lanterns.
595
596An ancient prophecy by Qull of the Five Inversions decreed that Ranx would destroy Mogo, and the Green Lanterns with it. But Sodam Yat defeated it and blew it up. Ranx' remains have since been merged with Warworld.
597----
598* ArchEnemy: Very fixated on Guy, owing to their previous encounter in which Guy detonated a bomb in Ranx's sewers, causing the city to "void its bowels".
599* TheChosenOne: A malevolent example. Qull of the Five Inversions predicted he would finish off the Green Lanterns by killing the last of their kind, Mogo. But the prophecy failed due to the extermination of the Children of the White Lobe, who would've killed Sodam Yat and the HazyFeelTurn of the Red Lanterns. With Sodam (and many other Lanterns) alive, Ranx failed.
600* EvilCounterpart: To Mogo.
601* FusionDance: His remains were merged with Warworld, allowing him to take it over as his new body.
602* GeniusLoci: He’s a sentient spaceship.
603* HoistByHisOwnPetard: How he was defeated and destroyed. The bomb he tried to kill Mogo with was instead transported inside Ranx by Sodam Yat, blowing the Sentient City to pieces instead. Besides, even if he had succeeded in destroying Mogo with the bomb, he would eventually regenerate.
604* MalevolentArchitecture: A sinister world-sized city.
605* PlanetSpaceship: The personal and living headquarters of the Sinestro Corps.
606* ShoutOut: To the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]].
607* ThatsNoMoon: What the Green lanterns find out the hard way.
608[[/folder]]
609
610[[folder:Tekik]]
611!!Tekik
612[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tekik.jpg]]
613->'''Homeworld:''' Potter-59-3
614->'''Sector:''' 3281
615->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. (August 2007)
616----
617* AIIsACrapshoot: Was a non-sentient drone initially. When its creators gave it free will, it became outraged at the slavery it perceived, and created a fear program to topple the planet.
618* MauveShirt: He can be seen hanging around in many crowd scenes, often alongside Slushh and Romat-Ru.
619* UndyingLoyalty: He, Romat-Ru, and several others were still loyal to Sinestro after Mongul II took over. Tekik personally gave Sinestro his ring back.
620* VerbalTic: Speaks in a stilted, robotic manner, represented in his speech balloons by putting a period after every word he speaks.
621[[/folder]]
622
623[[folder:The Weaponer]]
624!!The Weaponer
625[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sinestro_corps_soldier_weaponer_of_space_sector__0001.jpg]]
626->'''Homeworld:''' Qward
627->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern Corps'' Vol 2 #49 (August 2010)
628----
629* TheBlacksmith: He's ''the'' Weaponer for a reason, and that reason is that he invented Sinestro's yellow ring.
630* GeniusBruiser: He created Sinestro's original yellow ring.
631* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only known as The Weaponer, with his individual name unknown.
632* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the Corps broke up, he ditched his ring to avoid vengeful mobs. He can always make another, but probably isn't in a hurry to align with a group of ringslingers again.
633[[/folder]]
634
635[[folder:465]]
636!!465
637[[quoteright:312:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/902357_bls.jpg]]
638->'''Sector:''' 465
639->'''First Appearance:''' ''Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps'' #2 (September 2009)
640----
641* AssholeVictim: He led the gang rape on Bleez. He bites it as soon as she becomes a Red Lantern.
642* DeathByOriginStory: A villainous example. Bleez kills him upon becoming a Red Lantern.
643* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in Bleez's backstory, but it was his actions that led to her becoming a prominent Red Lantern.
644* NoNameGiven: He’s not named, just known to be the Sinestro Corpsman of Sector 465.
645* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He attempted to have his way with Bleez, which led to his downfall when Bleez's rage at her plight made her a Red Lantern.
646[[/folder]]
647
648[[folder:Other Members]]
649
650!!Other
651* When the Corps was first founded, Franchise/{{Batman}} was offered a ring, but was rejected due to Batman's previous encounter with a Green Ring. This version of "Sinestro Corps Batman" was enough famous to have [[MerchandiseDriven his own figure]] as well [[DownloadableContent DLC costumes]] for Batman in [[VideoGame/LegoBatman various]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity video]] [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs games]].
652* [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Jonathan Crane]] was also offered a ring, but it was confiscated before it could get to him. He was temporarily deputized during the ComicBook/BlackestNight.
653* ComicBook/SuperboyPrime was freed and later recruited as part of the Corps for ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'' as herald for the Anti-Monitor ([[DragonWithAnAgenda with his own agenda, by the way]]). For more details see [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ here]] and [[ComicBook/SuperboyPrime here]].
654[[/folder]]
655
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