History Characters / ArrowVerseJohnConstantine

'''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / '''John Constantine''') | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\\

'''Central City:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily West-Allen Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseBarryAllen Barry Allen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseSTARLabs Team Flash]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseCaitlinSnowAndKillerFrost Caitlin Snow & (Killer) Frost]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheRogues Rogues]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\\

* TheRedMage: Uses several kinds of magic from [[AllMythsAreTrue different traditions]] rather than committing to a single tradition like Papa Midnite, which makes his magic weaker than if he stuck to one traditon.
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* SmokingIsCool: Deconstructed. According to Season 5 of ''Legends'', his addiction will make him succumb to lung cancer some ten years down the line. Astra uses this to accelerate his death in order to take his soul.

* ReallyGetsAround: Has been involved with Anne Marie Flynn, Desmond, Zed Martin, Judith (if the script for "Final Girl" is canon), Natalie Logue, Sara Lance, Gary Green, Zari and a few one-night stands on his show.

!!! '''Species:''' Human (Empowered via magic)

* BreakoutCharacter: Constantine was a largely unknown DC character before this version of him appeared on screens, but his popularity immediately pole-vaulted to fan favorite status. With the cancellation of his show, both fans and the cast looked for a new home and found one by integrating him into the Arrowverse. Ever since this depiction of him, Constantine has been heavily featured in other media including ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark'' (with Creator/MattRyan reprising his role) as well as a part of the main cast of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''.

After defeating Neron with their help, he's returned to dealing with demons and other paranormal threats in 2020 with his new apprentice ([[BiTheWay and former lover-ish]]) [[OddFriendship Gary Green]], while continuing to aid the Legends as a part-timer. Meanwhile, a (somewhat literal) ghost from his past begins to haunt him as she unleashes some of hell's most devious and barbaric souls across the timeline. [[NoodleIncident He also at some point had a very interesting/disturbing encounter with a Beebo doll that would "make your toes curl".]]

* BiTheWay: Confirmed by WordOfGod. Also in line with ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', where John was one of the very first openly bisexual characters to head a comic. In the third episode, when faced with [[EvilCounterpart Papa Midnite]] having him [[DistressedDude tied up in zip-ties]], he helpfully tells the WitchDoctor that he [[FoeRomanceSubtext doesn't do zip-ties]] without [[CasualKink a safe word]]. In Season 3 of ''Legends'', he rather blatantly and immediately starts hitting on (the very taken) Leo Snart. Actually ends up having a quick shag with Sara in the same episode. Between seasons 3 and 4 he had a brief fling with Gary at the Time Bureau. In "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS4E7HellNoDolly Hell No, Dolly]]" we discover that he was in a serious relationship with a man. Later on he [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim tells him he never loved him to save him from being dragged to Hell]] with some disastrous consequences for the timeline.

!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' | ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' | ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' | ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''

'''National City:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38NationalCity Citizens]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJamesOlsen James Olsen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38LuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38CriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups & Organizations]]\\

'''Organizations:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseUSGovernmentAndMilitary US Government & Military]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38USGovernmentAndMilitary Earth-38 Immigrants]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthBLGovermentAndMilitary Earth-BL Immigrants]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX A.R.G.U.S.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38TheDEO The D.E.O.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseJusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society of America]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins The League of Assassins]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHIVE H.I.V.E.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseVandalSavageAndFollowers Savage and His Followers]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseInternationalGroups International]]\\
'''Other Locales:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCity Gotham City]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38OtherLocales Earth-38 Immigrants]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthBLOtherLocales Earth-BL Immigrants]])\\
'''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / '''John Constantine''') | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38TheLegionOfSuperheroes Legion of Superheroes]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\\
'''Miscellaneous:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseGrodd Grodd]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38OutsideEarth Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]]\\
'''The Multiverse:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths Other Earths]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEarth2 Earth-2]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]) / [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38 Earth-38]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth90 Earth-90]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthX Earth-X]])-]]]]]

** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' reveals he has traveled TheMultiverse before and is already acquainted with the eponymous ''Series/Lucifer2016''.

* ButNotTooBi: In his own series. While the occasional nod was made to his canon sexuality, John was never once shown with a man. Legends of Tomorrow threw this out the window, however, and he was shown falling in love (As well as having flings) with men and women.

* ButNotToBi: In his own series. While the occasional nod was made to his canon sexuality, John was never once shown with a man. Legends of Tomorrow threw this out the window, however, and he was shown falling in love (As well as having flings) with men and women.

* ManipulativeBastard: True to form, Constantine is ''exactly'' the sort of guy who'd put other people in danger to save his own hide. When Neron momentary possessed him it was enough to get him to join the Legends - just one episode earlier, he curmudgeonly stated he'd rather slash his wrists than join a team. All the same, he willingly went behind the team's back to try and blackmail the Fairy Godmother to be his own personal miracle-maker. Unfortunately for him, she knew exactly who was after him and promptly chose to go to hell instead.

* SmokingIsCool: Deconstructed. According to Season 4 of ''Legends'', his addiction will make him succumb to lung cancer some ten years down the line. Astra uses this to accelerate his death in order to take his soul.

'''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJohnConstantine John Constantine]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38TheLegionOfSuperheroes Legion of Superheroes]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\\

[[center:[-[[Characters/{{Arrowverse}} Main Character Index]] > Time Travel > [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowVerseSaraLance Sara Lance / White Canary]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer / The Atom]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart / Captain Cold]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory / Heatwave]] | '''John Constantine''') | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38TheLegionOfSuperheroes The Legion]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters Past Characters]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters Future Characters]]]]-]

!! ComicBook/JohnConstantine

** The demon Nergal, for killing Astra and taking her soul to Hell in an exorcism gone wrong; not helped by the fact John was the one who summoned Nergal in the first place. He's made it his mission to go to Hell to save Astra and ''then'' go after Nergal. [[spoiler: Astra being corrupted but a damper on those plans though.]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Following his inclusion to main cast member in the fourth season of ''Legends'', his own (unfinished) storyline has quickly taken center-stage. In fact, the BigBad Neron is targeting him specifically, with the Legends being in Neron's sights just as a way to mess with John further. This continues in season five, where the BigBad is none other than the girl whom he condemned to Hell: Astra Logue.

* EveryoneHasStandards: His time on Series/LegendsOfTomorrow was "weird, even for [him]." Taken UpToEleven in the fourth season's mid-season finale, where he is utterly ''mortified'' that the Legends have turned into puppets and the show itself became a [[ItMakesSenseInContext children's educational sing-along musical.]]

* ExperiencedProtagonist: He has quite an arsenal to fight the supernatural, and his conversations with old partners and Chas indicate he had done a fair bit of magic before the series started. However, he still considers himself just a "petty dabbler" in his work.
* FakeGuestStar: He's credited as a guest in Season 4 of "Legends", despite being a main character. Justified as John's only with the team to help them sort out the magic creatures let loose in time and just that.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Until that story was ScrewedByTheNetwork that is.

* MyGreatestFailure: Astra's death is his. He will do ''anything'' in his power to right this wrong, including damning a friend's soul in a heartbeat if he had to.

** He once put a spell on a Beebo to make it talk. The things it told him made his toes curl.

* OneSteveLimit: With John Diggle. Good thing they both go by LastNameBasis.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Appeared on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' exactly once, but he both made ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' possible and gave Oliver the [[PowerTattoo magic mark]] [[ChekhovsGun that would allow him to beat Damien Darhk]] as well as [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome getting him in touch with the woman who taught him to use it.]] Averted in the third season of ''Legends of Tomorrow'' where has a more sizable role, and is set to actually ''join'' the Waverider for the fourth.

** In "A Head of Her Time", he reveals he decided to channel the spirit Astra's mother, Natalie, because - rather than feeling immense guilt for her suicide or at the request of her husband - he wanted to prove to her that he was right in his decision to choose magic over her.

!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/MattRyan

A loner to the bone, on very rare occasions he's willing to work with others for the greater good. [[DarkAndTroubledPast He has quite the checkered past to say the least]]: Shortly after his PunkRock band "Mucous Membrane", ended he got involved with a posse of sorcerers and other demon hunters -- the Newcastle Crew that ended with most of the Crew dead while the soul of an innocent young girl, Astra Logue, was inadvertently damned to hell for all eternity. Redeeming himself for this act has been his driving force ever since, and in that quest he's made more than a few enemies: The fallen angel Manny, the mysterious Brujeria, Damien Darhk, Baron Reiter, countless demons, and the enigmatic and dreaded demon Neron, whom even the denizens of hell fear at the thought of. But worst of all, all his old friends from the Newcastle incident now hold him in the highest contempt - all save for Chas.

* TheCharmer: John often flirts with girls he comes across referring to them as "love" or "sweetheart".

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Following his inclusion to main cast member in the fourth season of ''Legends'', his own (unfinished) storyline has quickly taken center-stage -- in fact the BigBad Neron is targeting him specifically -- the Legends are in Neron's sights just as a way to mess with John further.

* KickTheDog: Taking away Charlie's ability to shapeshift out of personal hatred for Shapeshifters (and previously even trying to send her to HELL for it) was low even for him.

* MyGreatestFailure: Astra's death is his. He will do ANYTHING to right this wrong, including damning a friend's soul in a heartbeat if he had to.