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!! [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine John "Johnny" Constantine]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm not a bad guy. A little hardscrabble, sure, but...uh...I'm on the side of the angels, mate. At least when they're not busy trying to screw me over."'']]
!!! '''Species:''' Human (Empowered via magic)
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Master of the Dark Arts, El Diablo, "Johnny Moore", Johnny C.
!!! '''Affiliations:''' The Newcastle Crew, Team Constantine, Team Arrow, The Legends
!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/MattRyan, Knox Hamilton (young)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' | ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' | ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' | ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}''[[note]](''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' | ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'')[[/note]]
-->'''Constantine''': Well, you know, if we were in each other's shoes right now, then you'd be giving me some rubbish speech about how "[[YouAreNotAlone you don't have to shoulder the burden myself]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship when I have friends around me to help me carry it]]". [[TheCynic Not that I believe you for a second]], but... that doesn't mean it's not true.\\
'''Sara''': Thanks. Even if you're just lying to make me feel better.\\
'''Constantine''': [[BrutalHonesty Oh, I definitely am]]. [[PetTheDog Hope it worked, though]].
-->-- In "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS4E10TheGetaway The Getaway]]"

Exorcist, Demonologist and Master ([[InsistentTerminology ''Petty Dabbler'']]: [[RunningGag he's getting new cards made]]) of the Dark Arts. All trench coat and arrogance, John is the mystical "[[JackOfAllTrades jackass-of-all-trades]]" you call when you want some supernatural evil killed or general protection from the forces of darkness. 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]]: Having lost his mother shortly after childbirth and constantly abused by his father who blamed him for her demise, he grew up wanting to see her again and practicing magic. He met a kindred spirit in a girl named Natalie and the two became part of the "Newcastle Crew" (and his former punk band, Mucous Membrane). Eventually, she moved to New York to start a family while John remained in England to work on his sorcery. Some time later, Natalie lost her life in a tragic accident. In an act of arrogance, he decided to perform a ritual to resurrect her.

He succeeded... but it came at a price: namely Natalie's daughter, Astra Logue. Astra was taken to Hell in exchange for her mother, who became so despondent that she killed herself, rendering John's ritual all for naught. To top it all off, Constantine's soul was also eternally damned as a result. 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.

At one point he ended up in Lian Yu and ran afoul of Reiter, where Oliver Queen saved his life. John repaid that favor by restoring the soul of Oliver's friend Sara Lance. Two years later, John found himself working with Sara as he was pulled into the crazy world of the Legends as they called up his expertise to help them fight the time demon Mallus. However, when the Legends smashed through the temporal prison holding back Mallus in a HotBlooded attempt to put an end to the demon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they also ended up unleashing every other supernatural horror that was imprisoned alongside him]]. Despite his loner nature, Neron wanted John dead so he could claim his soul for all eternity, and the Legends were in need of a mystical expert to lock the supernatural fugitives back up. Self preservation triumphed so he ''very'' reluctantly joined the team of misfits.

Shortly before defeating Neron with their help, he had been given a chance to save Astra and took it. Unfortunately for him, she was now an adult and blamed him for ruining her family. Rising up the ranks of Hell, she resurrected various evil souls across time to cause misfortune for him and the Legends. Eventually, he confronted her and made a vow to fix what he had broken. While he didn't entirely succeed in the end, she would still come around and make steps to forgive him.

[[NoodleIncident He also at some point had a very interesting/disturbing encounter with a Beebo doll that would "make your toes curl".]]
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* AbusiveParent: His father would hit him when he was drunk as well as put out cigarettes on his skin, and never passed on an opportunity to call him "killer" since his mother died in childbirth.
* ActionSurvivor: He's no SquishyWizard but he's still not trained for physical combat like Oliver and his team are, so he resorts to being a CombatPragmatist.
* AdaptationalBadass: While still a badass, the comic book John was accustomed to solving problems through his wits and magical abilities, rather than through force. This version of John has "a mean right hook" by his own admission, shown in the ''Arrow'' episode "[[Recap/ArrowS4E5Haunted Haunted]]", when he manages to disarm a trained soldier, then quickly knock him out with one punch. In the same episode, he also manages to hold his own in a swordfight with a demonic ninja (on another plane of existence).
** That itself seems to be a change from the ''Constantine'' series proper, where the few times John gets into scuffles, he throws an average punch and is quickly overwhelmed. ''Legends'' keeps to this portrayal, as outside of some powerful magic he genuinely can't put up a fight worth a damn.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: His addiction to magic and meddling with forces mankind was not meant to know is downplayed; instead, the focus lies exclusively on the Newcastle Incident as his motivation. This version of John is TheAtoner and wants to make up for his crimes (as well as avoid damnation) versus the John who is a rebel without a cause. This isn't that far from some comic portrayals of John, albeit significantly LighterAndSofter. He also comes off better in dealing with Gary Lester. In the comic, he doesn't give Gary the chance to refuse to be sacrificed; he also doesn't sit by Gary's side to keep him company while he's being eaten alive. However, by the time he joins the cast of ''Legends'', we do get to see his more morally reprehensible sides.
* AntiHero: He's an asshole who doesn't shy away from doing very questionable things, but he is truly trying to make a difference in the world.
* TheAllegedCar: While John is in or near UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, he drives an old Chevy pickup truck. [[DownplayedTrope While the truck looks beat up, it seems to run just fine]]; he even takes the truck from Atlanta to Birmingham.
* AndStarring: Is given the credit "Special Guest" in ''Legends'', even as a main character.
* ArchEnemy: Despite having less screen time than the other heroes, he has several:
** [[Main/{{Satan}} The First of the Fallen]] by virtue of being the GreaterScopeVillain behind the Legions of Hell.
** Papa Midnite, a Voo-Doo crime king and John's primary nemesis and EvilCounterpart in magic, though he's something more akin to TheRival too; the two will work together when it suits them.
** Subverted with the demon Nergal, who took Astra to Hell. He blames himself entirely for that blunder.
** The demon Neron, for taking his lover Desmond to Hell and tormenting him about it and ''then'' spending ''Legends'' Season 4 going after the Legends just to twist the knife in further.
* TheAtoner: Haunted by Astra's eternal damnation, his basic reason for helping people is to make up for that one mistake. He's also haunted by the death of his mother, who died while giving birth to him. He spent most of his teenage life learning magic, trying and failing to find a spell to conjure her.
* BadassLongcoat: Skulks and snarks in a pretty sweet beige trench coat.
* BadassInANiceSuit: He's a SharpDressedMan even without the aforementioned trench coat.
* BerserkButton: Don't mention him failing to save his loved ones.
* BetaCouple: He and Zari Tarazi, of all people, end up together at the end of season 5 as the secondary relationship behind Sara and Ava.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When Astra makes him contract stage 4 lung cancer, he speeds up his mortality with poison so he could meet with her quickly and cut a deal to spare him if he can help save her and her mother.
* 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, at first with single episodes guest appearances before he becomes part of the main cast of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' as of Season 4. 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 cast of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''.
* BreakTheHaughty: Whether he had the audacity to summon a demon for an exorcism or to perform a human resurrection, there's a reason why John insists he's no longer a "Master of the Dark Arts", merely a "Petty Dabbler".
* TheBusCameBack: After a LongBusTrip since "Haunted" he came to the 'verse in ''Legends'' first as a recurring character in Season 3 and then as a main character in Season 4.
* 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.
* CanonInvasion: His appearance on ''Arrow'' retroactively puts [[Series/{{Constantine}} his ill-fated show]] into the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
* CharacterCheck: Ever since John began appearing in ''Legends'', he hasn't done any of the morally questionable or outright dick things he's known for in the comics or indeed his own show. But in "Dancing Queen", he does something very questionable and ''extremely'' dickish -- he effectively lobotomizes Charlie by using a spell to take away her shapeshifting powers, completely unrepentant simply because [[FantasticRacism he hates shapeshifters]].
** In "Hell No, Dolly", he works with Charlie to change his past so that Desmond doesn't get possessed by Neron, not giving a damn about the changes to anyone else's future. However, he's also the one to suffer the most from the changes as his memories become saturated with all the timeline alterations to the point of driving him mad.
** In "Hey World", upon learning that Ray's deal to let Neron posses him is conditional on the fact that Neron not kill Nate, Constantine immediately suggests to the Legends that they trick Neron into killing Nate, something with Sara flat-out balks at. However after the Legends' original plan to defeat Neron fails, Nate has Constantine put a {{Glamour}} on him to disguise him as John so Neron will kill him thereby nullifying the deal and allowing John to permanently kill the demon once and for all.
* CharacterDevelopment: His time with the Legends make him slightly less cynical about his status as a DoomMagnet, and interacting with Charlie and his Celtic ancestor also make him reexamine his FantasticRacism towards magical creatures.
* TheCharmer: John often flirts with girls, or guys, he comes across referring to them as "love" or "sweetheart".
* ChekhovsGag: The quirk about him being a chain smoker is what will cause his premature death of lung cancer by 2030. After being put at death's door by Astra speeding up the clock, she resets it only when he promises to save her family.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He grew up with Natalie, Astra's mother, but they went their separate ways after some time.
* ColdHam: He rarely raises his voice outside of bouts of anger or casting spells, but still manages to chew the scenery with his accent and cadence.
* CombatPragmatist: He's not an ActionHero like Team Arrow or most of the Legends, so he uses clever methods to fight.
* CosmicRetcon: The circumstances of Astra's damnation are vastly different after Crisis, [[InSpiteOfANail but the end result of her hating him for it remains the same]].
* CrazyPrepared: Has a tape with exorcism spells in dozens of languages on the off chance he gets possessed.
* TheCynic: In the fourth episode of his series, he outright says that while people may be able to change overall, there comes a time when they no longer can. He refuses to bring along people who he feels can be a liability, instead of letting them make up for past failures. When Zed asks him how he can be so cynical though he knows that angels exist, he says he's SeenItAll.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: That's putting it mildly. Between his mother dying giving birth to him, his dad's abuse, his childhood friend dying, said friend's daughter ''and'' himself being damned, John hasn't had it easy at all.
* DeadpanSnarker: Basically everything out of his mouth is snark. If he goes long enough without doing it, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness it means bad news]].
* {{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, 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 Astra Logue becomes a major character.
* TheDreaded: He's this to many former friends (e.g. Fennel, the medium), considering Newcastle, with Chas as the exception. His name is also infamous among the supernatural.
* DoomMagnet: Constantine's adventures often have huge body counts, despite his best efforts -- and it often means he loses his friends one by one in the process. He was initially unwillingly to join the Legends because of it.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 5 ends John's MythArc since ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' on a fairly high note. While he failed to bring back Natalie for good, he managed to save Astra from Hell, allowing her to live a normal life (which she decides to spend as a Legend). As a bonus, she offers him his own soul coin in exchange for letting her live in his home, so now he's no longer damned.
* EveryoneHasStandards: His time on Series/LegendsOfTomorrow is "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.]]
--> "[[CurseCutShort What the-]] [...] Series/FraggleRock is going on here?"
* 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. Even moreso in ''Legends'' as he's had several years of adventures under his belt.
* FakeGuestStar: He's credited as a guest in Season 4 of "Legends" onward, despite being a main character and appearing in nearly every episode since[[note]]Since the season three finale, his only absent episode to date is the conclusion of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', which he already appeared in parts two and three of[[/note]]. Justified as, at least in his words, John's only with the team to help with the occult.
* FantasticRacism: To shapeshifters - he performs an ''unreversible'' spell that takes Charlie's powers simply because unlike the Legends, he refuses to acknowledge the possibility she might not be evil.
* FourthWallObserver: The claymation special, "John Con Noir" has John trying to find two missing writers to prevent the cancellation of ''Series/{{Constantine}}''.
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite his snarky attitude, John's fond of children and is usually nicer to them then to adults. Chas's daughter calls him "Uncle John" and Nora as a child takes a liking to him.
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* GoingCommando: Because of his well-known WildCard nature, Sara had tracking nanites put in his underwear to keep tabs on him. Once Charlie tells him about that, he ditches wearing underwear altogether.
* GoodIsNotNice: Willing to help anyone (though it's mostly for atonement for past sins), but is often an arrogant prick while he does it.
* GrandfatherParadox: He attempts to deliver a swift kick to the bollocks against his father when meeting him before he was conceived. Of course, as Zari points out, if he did so, he wouldn't even be there to kick him. So what results is John blipping out of existence for half a second and falling on the ground twice.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Largely keeps to himself, but helped out Team Arrow once and later the Legends.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Until he joins the Legends. Although even then, season 5 shows he still has other adventures outside of them.
* HeroicSacrifice: He was fully prepared to give his life for the Legends to have a clear shot at Neron and he later even goes to Hell to save Ray.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Insists that he's a mere dabbler, rather than a Master of the Dark Arts. This has a lot to do with [[MyGreatestFailure Astra]], at which point he had decided he isn't nearly as good as he believed himself to be.
* HollywoodExorcism: The restoration ritual he does on Sara Lance gives off these vibes.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Upon returning from Purgatory with Diggle and Mia, he asks if Barry's team managed to stop the antimatter cannon. Upon hearing they did, but only after the multiverse was all but destroyed, he merely sighs and says he needs a drink.
* IOweYouMyLife: Is grateful for Oliver for saving his life from a booby trap which is why he restores Sara Lance's soul as a favor to Oliver.
* IWorkAlone: Says he prefers to work alone on his guest appearance in ''Legends'', which implies that Chas and Zed are no longer with him. When Sara asks him to join the team in Season 4, he outright refuses, believing he'll only bring misery to the team.
* InTheBlood: Just like in the comics he comes from a long line of sorcerers -- the earliest known one was the ruler of a Celtic tribe, King Konstantyn.
* IAmNotMyFather: Or rather, John makes it clear that he is not like his KnightTemplar ancestor King Konstantyn.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: His last name is pronounced Constan-''teen'', not that it stops Neron or Lucifer from mocking him by pronouncing it Constan-''tyne'', a MythologyGag for the proper pronunciation used in the ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' comics.
* JackOfAllTrades: Papa Midnite calls him a [[MasterOfNone "jackass of all trades"]] because he dabbles in magic from every tradition, picking and choosing what works for him. According to Midnite, this has the downside of Constantine not having as much power as someone who specializes in one tradition like he does in Voodoo.
* JediMindTrick: John can perform these on civilians when he wishes his presence not to be known.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can definitely be a dick, but he's still willing to help people without asking for anything in return.
* KickTheDog:
** Taking away Charlie's ability to shapeshift out of personal hatred for Shapeshifters (and this is downgraded from trying to send her to ''hell'') was low even for him.
** When he's dying from lung cancer, he treats Ray and Gary poorly despite them just trying to help him. [[SubvertedTrope He does apologize near the end, even if it's not entirely sincere]].
* KungFuWizard: He's a sorcerer who primarily relies on his skills and knowledge of the occult, but he's not helpless when it comes to traditional fighting either.
* LargeHam: The accent and the delivery of his lines will make it hard for you to not notice him.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The opening theme song of his short lived series becomes used as his theme music.
* LimitedWardrobe: He wears the exact same clothes in both the present day scenes and flashbacks; occasionally he'll switch out his red tie for a black one. ''Legends'' shows that he ''can'' change into other outfits...but most likely has to be dragged kicking and screaming into them. He lasted all of half an episode dressed up as a [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS4E4WetHotAmericanBummer summer camp counselor]] before immediately switching back into his iconic ensemble.
* TheLostLenore: Sending Desmond to Hell after he became possessed by Neron crushed his spirits severely. Even after rescuing him, Desmond coldly leaves him, which John had anticipated as everyone besides the Legends have done the same in the past.
* 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 momentarily 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.
* MrFanservice: Blond, [[PermaStubble stubbly]], tattooed, aloof, and frequently [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]]. Also, that accent. Thea Queen got attracted to him in an instant.
* MyGreatestFailure: Losing Astra 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.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Saving Nora is his, which he sees as a way to atone for failing to save Astra. Not only does he succeed, but he eventually saves Astra as well.
* MySkullRunnethOver: When he and Charlie change history so he can save Desmond and she can retain full use of her powers, changing the timeline turns him into a mental mess after the first attempt. [[SanitySlippage Then they do it a dozen more times]]...
* NoodleIncident: Given just how weird and insane his life is, Constantine's chock full of these:
** He never really went into detail why he broke up [[PunkRock Mucous Membrane]], but ''something'' occult had to do with it.
** ''Something'' happened between him, Chas, a succubus, and a derailed train in Philadelphia that caused both of them to have an outstanding warrant.
** Oliver at one point comments that Constantine was ''literally'' in hell. By Constantine's own admission, it's impossible to escape hell.
** He was seen chasing around a chicken in his office with a hatchet for an elderly Latina woman that has something to do with her son getting married.
** He keeps a dismembered bare foot in his coat back pocket.
** The creepy apartment he's currently living was apparently won through a "[[TrialByCombat duel]]."
** He once put a spell on a Beebo doll to make it talk, saying some unsavory things according to him.
** Has some prior history with a ''"[[ShoutOut Swamp]] [[ComicBook/SwampThing Thaaaang]]"''.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' reveals he has traveled TheMultiverse before and is the one who apparently got Mazikeen out of hell as a favor for [[Series/Lucifer2016 Lucifer Morningstar]], a fact that the Devil is ''not'' happy about but [[DebtDetester indebted all the same]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's the first in the room to mock [[ButtMonkey Gary]] for playing ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]''. Cue him at the end of the episode inviting Gary and his whole party to his office for a game at the end of the episode.
* OccultDetective: A practitioner of the occult who is generally called in to investigate incidents involving the supernatural.
* OddFriendship:
** With Gary from the Time Bureau of all of people, possibly because of StrangeMindsThinkAlike.
** With Ray Palmer, the perpetual WideEyedIdealist, who becomes something of a MoralityPet for John.
* OneSteveLimit: With John Diggle. Good thing they normally both go by LastNameBasis and star on different shows.
* OopNorth: Speaks in a working-class Northern English accent, considering he's from Liverpool, though with a distinct Welsh twang, due to Matt Ryan being Welsh himself. Overall, it's a strikingly distinct combination that especially stands out when he acts alongside actors playing more common British accents.
* PutOnABus: After restoring Sara's soul he ends up in Oliver's words in "literal Hell", though he gets out and puts Oliver in contact with a shaman, and he doesn't show up again until two years later in ''Legends of Tomorrow'' [[note]]The initial agreement to bring him in meant he could only be used once; however those legal barriers are no longer in place.[[/note]]
* PermaStubble: He has a noticeable 5 o'clock shadow.
* PlayingWithFire: Carries his engraved lighter at all times and has a habit of using spells that involve fire. Including [[ImmuneToFire setting his own hands on fire]].
* PoisonousFriend: Most of John's former friends see him this way after what happened in Newcastle. John happens to agree with them, which is why he stays closed off and tries to convince newcomers to walk away and not be taken in by his charm or the promise of excitement.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero:
** He uses the term "Gypsy" -- it's a slur against Romani people and seems to hold their magic in special contempt.
** He's also prejudiced against the Irish; when a magical anomaly suspect is Irish, John suggests he's a Leprechaun.
** He doesn't care for shapeshifters at all, hence trying to take away Charlie's shapeshifting powers with a spell.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: After his guest spots in Season 3 of "Legends" he's made a regular in Season 4.
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[[folder: R-Z]]
* ReallyGetsAround: Has been involved with numerous women (and men), whether sexually and/or romantically:
** ''Constantine'': Anne Marie Flynn, Zed Martin, Judith (if the script for "Final Girl" is canon), and a few one-night stands.
** ''Legends'': Desmond, Natalie Logue, Sara Lance, Gary Green, Jeanie Hill, and Zari Tarazi.
* 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 tradition.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Oliver has history with him, even though he never appeared on the show or was mentioned prior to his first appearance. That being said the same episode did show their first meeting in a flashback, so it mitigates the trope somewhat.
* RunningGag: Constantine often tries to light up a cigarette like his comic book counterpart, but someone will snuff it out before he succeeds. This is because of the network's Practice & Standard, which forbid showing a TV character smoking.
* SerialHomewrecker: On a couple of occasions, Constantine been seen being chased out of the house by some other guy's wife - he also has the courtesy to remember their names.
* ShootTheDog: And he's not afraid to pull the trigger if it means saving others.
** In "Daddy Darhkest", he tells Ray in private that, should Sara become completely corrupted by Mallus, he should kill her.
** When Ray's soul is taken to hell, he decides to pick Astra's soul over his when given the choice. This backfires on him when Astra refuses to go as payback for sending her there in the first place.
** He tells the Legends that the best way to free Ray from Neron is for him to kill Nate so that he breaks his contract. Ironically, Nate himself agrees and allows Neron to (briefly) kill him while disguised as John.
* SkewedPriorities:
** In "Haunted", he has Felicity find a peacock feather because he needs it to scratch an itch on his back.
** In "Daddy Darhkest", he seems more concerned with finding a way to light his cigarette than being stuck in 1969.
** In "Necromancing the Stone", he's more concerned with locating a severed foot instead of helping Ava find a way to locate the Waverider to help Sara. Subverted when it's revealed he needed the foot to help track the ship.
** In "A Head of Her Time", he reveals he decided revive Natalie because he wanted to prove to her that he was right in his decision to choose magic over her.
* 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 becomes a main character in future seasons.
* TheSmartGuy: Serves this role once he joins the Legends, being the resident occult and mystical expert, especially given he is lacking in physical fighting ability.
* SmokingIsNotCool: Season 5 of ''Legends'' reveals that 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.
* SmugSuper: Heavily implied to have been previously very smug about his skill, hence why he attempted to summon a higher demon (pre-Crisis) or bring Natalie back (post-Crisis): just to prove he could do it. After that point, however, with the horrible failure it was, he stopped believing he was a "Master of the Dark Arts". Though his arrogance frequently sneaks in anyway, and he's consistently called on it.
* SquishyWizard: Despite being an expert in the mystic arts, his physical combat skill is very lacking so he leaves the combat to other heroes.
* StraightMan: Basically his role on "Legends". His grim seriousness is in direct contrast to the wacky anarchy of his teammates.
* TakeThat: He did not waste time to insult ''Creator/{{NBC}}'', [[ScrewedByTheNetwork the network that screwed his show]], upon appearing in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
* TheOneThatGotAway: The ''Legends'' episode "A Head of Her Time" reveals he and Astra's mother were close as children, but they drifted apart when he decided to dedicate himself to practicing magic instead of starting a family with her.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: By accidentally damning Astra to Hell, John damned his ''own'' soul in the process; no matter how many demons he kills or send back to the pit, sending an innocent to Hell is the one thing the Almighty ''won't'' forgive. Likewise, after she changes, Astra doesn't forgive him for tearing her family apart until the end of season 5.
* {{Transplant}}: He was on another DC show from another network, but everyone (showrunners and actors alike) in the Series/{{Arrowverse}} didn't want to waste an interesting character with potential like he, so he was retroactively incorporated into this universe. He eventually becomes a main cast member in ''Legends'' Season 4.
* TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm. Bonus points for also applying to his actor.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: He has a Liverpudlian accent, but many have commented on how all over the place it is, jumping between several British dialects.
** Justified somewhat as this apparently happened in the comics as well. Flashbacks depicted John as having a typical Liverpudlian accent when he was a teenager (an American says he sounds just like Paul Mccartney) but an older John is said to sound like a typical Londoner after he's been living in the city for the better part of two decades.
* TheWorfEffect: Even somebody as experienced and well-versed as Constantine is powerless against whatever [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mallus]] is. None of John's usual tricks and seals work against Mallus in "Daddy Darhkest".
* YouSayTomato: When referring to Birmingham, Alabama on the scary map, he uses the British pronunciation instead of the American pronunciation.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: He's fated to die from lung cancer in 2030, which still seems set in stone as of the end of ''Legends'' season 5.
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* PlayingWithFire: Carries his engraved lighter at all times and has a habit of using spells that involve fire. [[CrazyAwesome Including setting his own hands on fire.]]

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* TheAllegedCar: While John is in or near UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, he drives an old Chevy pickup truck. [[DownplayedTrope While the truck looks beat up, it seems to run just fine]].

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!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Master of the Dark Arts, El Diablo, "Johnny Moore"

At one point he ended up in Lian Yu and ran afoul of Reiter, where Oliver Queen saved his life. John repaid that favor by restoring the soul of Oliver's friend Sara Lance. Two years later, John found himself working with Sara as he was pulled into the crazy world of the Legends as they called up his expertise to help them fight the time demon Mallus. However, when the Legends smashed through the temporal prison holding back Mallus in a HotBlooded attempt to put an end to the demon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they also ended up unleashing pretty much every other supernatural horror that was imprisoned alongside him]]. Despite his loner nature, Neron ''very much'' wanted John dead, and the Legends were in need of a mystical expert to lock the supernatural fugitives back up. Self preservation triumphed so he ''very'' reluctantly joined the team of misfits.

* ReallyGetsAround: Has been involved with numerous women, whether sexually and/or romantically:

** Pre-Crisis: 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. Astra being corrupted but a damper on those plans though.

* BerserkButton: Any mention of the incident in Newcastle, or anything about Astra, the girl he accidentally damned to Hell, and he finds himself SuddenlyShouting.

* FriendToAllChildren: Despite his snarky attitude, John's fond of children and is usually nicer to them then to adults. Chas's daughter calls him "Uncle John".

* GrandfatherParadox: He attempts to deliver a swift kick to the bollocks against his father when meeting him before he was conceived. Of course, as Zari points out, if he did so, he wouldn't even be there to kick him. So what results is John blipping out of existence for half a second and falling on the ground after each attempt.

* MyGreatestFailure: Losing Astra 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. Her mother's suicide after the whole debacle is a close second, since she was his oldest friend.

[[DarkAndTroubledPast He has quite the checkered past to say the least]]: Having lost his mother shortly after childbirth and constantly abused by his father who blamed him for her demise, he grew up wanting to see her again and practicing magic. He met a kindred spirit in a girl named Natalie and the two became part of the "Newcastle Crew" (and his former punk band, Mucous Membrane). Eventually, she moved to New York to start a family while John remained in England to work on his sorcery. Some time later, Natalie was tragically killed in an accident. In an act of arrogance, he decided to perform a ritual to resurrect her.

At one point he ended up in Lian Yu and ran afoul of Reiter, where Oliver Queen saved his life. John repaid that favor by restoring the soul of Oliver's friend Sara Lance. Two years later, John found himself working with Sara as he was pulled into the crazy world of the Legends as they called up his expertise to help them fight the time demon Mallus. However, when the Legends literally smashed through the temporal prison holding back Mallus in a HotBlooded attempt to put an end to the demon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they also ended up unleashing pretty much every other supernatural horror that was imprisoned alongside him]]. Despite his loner nature, Neron ''very much'' wanted John dead, and the Legends were in need of a mystical expert to lock the supernatural fugitives back up. Self preservation triumphed so he ''very'' reluctantly joined the team of misfits.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When Astra makes him contract stage 4 lung cancer, he speeds up his mortality with poison so he could meet with her quickly and cut a deal to spare him.

* ChekhovsGag: The quirk about him being a chain smoker is what will cause his premature death of lung cancer by 2030. Astra coldly manipulates it to affect him almost immediately ten years early and put him at death's door.

* Crazyprepared: Has a tape with exorcism spells in dozens of languages on the off chance he gets possessed.

* {{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, 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 next big bad is none other than the girl whom he condemned to Hell: Astra Logue.

* 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, Jeanie Hill, Zari and a few one-night stands on his show.

** He tells the Legends that the best way to free Ray from Neron is to kill Nate so that he breaks his contract. Ironically, Nate himself agrees and allows Neron to (briefly) kill him while disguised as John.

** In "A Head of Her Time", he reveals he decided to channel the spirit of 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.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: An unsuccessful one with Natalie, Astra's mother.
* CombatPragmatist: He's not an ActionHero like members of Team Arrow so he uses clever methods to fight.
* CosmicRetcon: The circumstances of Astra's damnation is vastly different after Crisis, [[InSpiteOfANail but the end result of her hating him for it remains the same]].

* DeadpanSnarker: Basically everything out of his mouth is snark. The only exceptions involve people who directly talk to him about [[MyGreatestFailure Newcastle]] who know what happened. Those people get his SarcasmFailure.

* TheDreaded: He's this to many former friends (e.g. Fennel, the medium), considering Newcastle. Chas is a major exception. His name is also infamous among the supernatural.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 5 ends John's MythArc since ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' on a fairly high note. While he failed to bring back Natalie for good, he managed to save Astra from Hell and allow her to live a normal life. As a bonus, she offers him his own soul coin in exchange for letting her live in his home, so now he's no longer damned.

* GrandfatherParadox: He attempts to deliver a swift kick to the bollocks against his father when meeting him before he was conceived. Of course, if he did so, he wouldn't even be there. So, even after multiple tries, he's prevented from doing it.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: Saving Nora is this for him, which he sees as a way to atone for failing to save Astra. Not only does he succeed, but he eventually saves Astra as well.

* SmokingIsNotCool: 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.

* TheOneThatGotAway: The ''Legends'' episode "A Head of Her Time" reveals he and Astra's mother were close as children, but they drifted apart when he decided to dedicate himself to practicing magic.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: By accidentally damning Astra to Hell, John damned his ''own'' soul in the process; no matter how many demons he kills or send back to the pit, sending an innocent to Hell is the one thing the Almighty ''won't'' forgive.

* GrandfatherParadox: He attempts to deliver a swift kick to the bollocks against his father when meeting him before he was conceived. Due to the fact if he did so, he wouldn't even be there, he's prevented from doing it. Not for lack of trying.

* ItIsPronouncedTropay: His last name is pronounced Constan-''teen'', not that it stops Neron or Lucifer from mocking him by pronouncing it Constan-''tyne'', a MythologyGag for the proper pronunciation used in the ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' comics.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: Saving Nora is this for him, which he sees as a way to atone for failing to save Astra. Eventually, he manages to save her too.
* MySkullRunnethOver: When he and Charlie change history so he can save Desmond and she can retain full use of her powers, their attempts at changing the timeline turn him into a mental mess after the first attempt. [[SanitySlippage Then they do it a dozen more times]].

Shortly before defeating Neron with their help, he had been given a chance to save Astra and took it. Unfortunately for him, she was now an adult and blamed him for ruining her family. Rising up the ranks of Hell, she resurrected various evil souls across time to cause misfortune for him and the Legends. Ultimately, he confronted her and made a vow to fix what he had broken. While he didn't succeed in the end, she would still come around and make steps to forgive him.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: John was sent to take out a demon haunting a little girl and thought that summoning an even bigger demon would take care of the first one. But he inadvertently got the girl killed and her soul dragged to Hell. He checked himself into a mental institution and agreed to shock therapy in a vain attempt to forget about the incident. And that's barely the tip of the morbid iceberg, what with his [[MissingMom dead mother]] and [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] who [[MaternalDeathBlameTheChild blamed him for his mother's death]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 5 ends John's MythArc since ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' on a fairly high note. While he failed to bring back Natalie for good, he managed to redeem Astra who offered him his soul coin so that he's no longer damned.

-->"''My name is John Constantine. I am the one who steps from the shadows, all trench coat and arrogance. I'll drive your demons away, kick 'em in the bullocks, and spit on them when they're down, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone because, let's be honest... who would be crazy enough to walk it with me?''"

* AndStarring: Is given the credit "Special Guest" in ''Legends'' Season 4.

* BreakTheHaughty: Excising the demon that was possessing Astra should've been a routine job for Constantine and his crew. But John wanted to show off so he conjured a more powerful demon -- Nergal with the idea of commanding him order the lesser demon away. Nergal ''did'' .... and then proceeded to slaughter her and then took her soul to Hell. There's a reason why John insists he's no longer a "Master of the Dark Arts", merely a "Petty Dabbler".

* CharacterCheck: Ever since John began appearing in ''Legends'', he hasn't done any of the morally questionable or outright dick things he's known for in the comics or indeed his own show. But in "Dancing Queen", he does something very questionable and ''extremely'' dickish -- he effectively lobotomizes Charlie by using a spell to take away her shapeshifting powers permanently, completely unrepentant simply because [[FantasticRacism he hates shapeshifters]].

* TheCynic: In the fourth episode, he outright says that while people may be able to change overall, there comes a time when they no longer can. He refuses to bring along people who he feels can be a liability, instead of letting them make up for past failures. When Zed asks him how he can be so cynical though he knows that angels exist, he says he's SeenItAll.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 5 ends John's arc since his series on a high note. While he failed to bring back Natalie for good, he managed to redeem Astra who offered him his soul coin so that he's no longer damned.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: His last name is pronounced Constan-''teen'', not that it stops Neron or Lucifer from mocking him by pronouncing it Constan-''tyne'', a MythologyGag for the proper pronunciation used in the ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' comics.

* KickTheDog: Taking away Charlie's ability to shapeshift out of personal hatred for Shapeshifters (and this is downgraded from trying to send her to ''hell'') was low even for him.

* NotSoAboveItAll: He's the first in the room to give [[ButtMonkey Gary]] shit for playing ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]''. Cue him inviting Gary and his whole party to his office for a game at the end of the episode.

* OfficialCouple: He and the new Zari, of all people, eventually get together, despite a lot of bickering at the beginning.

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Exorcist, Demonologist and Master ([[InsistentTerminology ''Petty Dabbler'']]: [[RunningGag he's getting new cards made]]) of the Dark Arts. All trench coat and arrogance, John is the mystical "[[JackOfAllTrades jackass-of-all-trades]]" you call when you want some supernatural evil killed or general protection from the forces of darkness. 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]]: Having lost his mother shortly after childbirth and constantly abused by his father who blamed him for her demise, he grew up wanting to see her again and practicing magic. He met a kindred spirit in a girl named Natalie and the two became part of the "Newcastle Crew" (and his former punk band, Mucous Membrane). Eventually, she moved to New York to start a family while John remained in England to work on his sorcery. Some time later, Natalie was tragically killed in an accident. In an act of arrogance, he decided to perform a ritual to resurrect her.\\\

He succeeded... but it came at a price: namely Natalie's daughter, Astra Logue. Astra was taken to Hell in exchange for her mother, who became so despondent that she killed herself, rendering John's ritual all for naught. To top it all off, Constantine's soul was also eternally damned as a result. 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.\\\

At one point he ended up in Lian Yu and ran afoul of Reiter, where Oliver Queen saved his life. John repaid that favor by restoring the soul of Oliver's friend Sara Lance. Two years later, John found himself working with Sara as he was pulled into the crazy world of the Legends as they called up his expertise to help them fight the time demon Mallus. However, when the Legends literally smashed through the temporal prison holding back Mallus in a HotBlooded attempt to put an end to the demon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they also ended up unleashing pretty much every other supernatural horror that was imprisoned alongside him]]. Despite his loner nature, Neron ''very much'' wanted John dead, and the Legends were in need of a mystical expert to lock the supernatural fugitives back up. Self preservation triumphed so he ''very'' reluctantly joined the team of misfits.\\\

Shortly before defeating Neron with their help, he had been given a chance to save Astra and took it. Unfortunately for him, she was now an adult and blamed him for ruining her family. Rising up the ranks of Hell, she resurrected various evil souls across time to cause misfortune for him and the Legends. Ultimately, he confronted her and made a vow to fix what he had broken. While he didn't succeed in the end, she would still come around and make steps to forgive him.\\\

[[DarkAndTroubledPast He has quite the checkered past to say the least]]: Having lost his mother shortly after childbirth and constantly abused by his father who blamed him for her demise, he grew up wanting to see her again and practicing magic. He met a kindred spirit in a girl named Natalie and the two became part of the "Newcastle Crew" (and his former punk band, Mucous Membrane). Eventually, she moved to New York to start a family while John remained in England to work on his sorcery. Some Natalie was tragically killed in an accident. In an act of arrogance, he decided to perform a ritual to resurrect her.\\\

!!! '''Species:''' Human/Warlock

Exorcist, Demonologist and Master ([[InsistentTerminology ''Petty Dabbler'']]: [[RunningGag he's getting new cards made]]) of the Dark Arts. All trench coat and arrogance, John is the mystical "[[JackOfAllTrades jackass-of-all-trades]]" you call when you want some supernatural evil killed or general protection from the forces of darkness.

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 or scarred for life while the soul of an innocent young girl and daughter of his oldest friend, 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.

At one point he ended up in Lian Yu and ran afoul of Reiter, where Oliver Queen saved his life. John repaid that favor by restoring the soul of Oliver's friend Sara Lance. Two years later, John found himself working with Sara as he was pulled into the crazy world of the Legends as they called up his expertise to help them fight the time demon Mallus. However, when the Legends literally smashed through the temporal prison holding back Mallus in a HotBlooded attempt to put an end to the demon, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they also ended up unleashing pretty much every other supernatural horror that was imprisoned alongside him]]. Despite his loner nature, Neron ''very much'' wanted John dead, and the Legends were in need of a mystical expert to lock the supernatural fugitives back up. Self preservation triumphed so he ''very'' reluctantly joined the team of misfits.

After defeating Neron with their help, he's returned to dealing with demons and other paranormal threats in 2020 with his new apprentice (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".]]

** 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. Astra being corrupted but a damper on those plans though.

** The demon Neron, for taking his lover Desmond to Hell and tormenting him about it and ''then'' spending "Legends" Season 4 going after the Legends just to twist the knife in further.
* TheAtoner: Haunted by the death of Astra and her subsequent eternal damnation, his basic reason for helping people is to make up for that one mistake. He's also haunted by the death of his mother, who died while giving birth to him. He spent most of his teenage life learning magic, trying and failing to find a spell to conjure her.

* TheDreaded: He's this to many former friends (e.g. Fennel, the medium), considering Newcastle. Chas is a major exception.

* 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. Her mother's suicide after the whole debacle is a close second, since she was his oldest friend.
* MyGreatestSecondChance: Saving Nora is this for him, which he sees as a way to atone for failing to save Astra.

* SmugSuper: Heavily implied to have been previously very smug about his skill, hence why he attempted to [[SummonBiggerFish summon Nergal to drag the demon in Astra away]] rather than taking a simpler solution: just to prove he could do it. After that point, however, with the horrible failure it was, he stopped believing he was a "Master of the Dark Arts". Though his arrogance frequently sneaks in anyway, and he's consistently called on it.