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* GreaterScopeVillain: The Reverse Flash, Eobard Thawne, created the timeline of the Arrowverse as we know it by killing Barry's mother in the past. He is more powerful than almost any other villain the shows have to offer, and the few who ''are'' more dangerous than him die out while he remains ImmuneToFate thanks to, again, his constant use of time travel.
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The Arrowverse is not in the same continuity as the Film/DCExtendedUniverse of films that began with ''Film/ManOfSteel''. There is no direct hint that Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/{{Batman}} are known or active in this universe (not yet, anyway), and superpowered abilities and the supernatural in general were not common until ''The Flash'' introduced [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahumans]] (while there were "hyper-realistic" elements that skirted the line). References to the greater DCU are common; elements of the Batman mythos were heavily incorporated into ''Arrow''. There are some characters in the shows that will also be in the movies, but played by different actors.
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The Arrowverse is not in the same continuity as the Film/DCExtendedUniverse of films that began with ''Film/ManOfSteel''. There is no direct hint that Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/{{Batman}} are known or active in this universe (not yet, anyway), anyway [[note]] The new Justice League teaser teases at The Flash being his Arrow verse counterpart.[[/note]]), and superpowered abilities and the supernatural in general were not common until ''The Flash'' introduced [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahumans]] (while there were "hyper-realistic" elements that skirted the line). References to the greater DCU are common; elements of the Batman mythos were heavily incorporated into ''Arrow''. There are some characters in the shows that will also be in the movies, but played by different actors.
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** Used in the four-part crossover, specifically in the last two installments "[[Recap/ArrowS5E8Invasion Invasion!]]", "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E7Invasion Invasion!]]".
** The ''Series/Supergirl2015'' season 1 Series/{{The Flash|2014}}[=/=]Supergirl crossover showed that the Earth-1 heroes were getting better at inter-dimensional travel. The crossover opens with a need to go find Supergirl on Earth-38 because her alien expertise is needed to help fight the Dominators.
** Used in the four-part crossover, specifically in the last two installments "[[Recap/ArrowS5E8Invasion Invasion!]]", "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E7Invasion Invasion!]]".
** The ''Series/Supergirl2015'' season 1 Series/{{The Flash|2014}}[=/=]Supergirl crossover showed that the Earth-1 heroes were getting better at inter-dimensional travel. The crossover opens with a need to go find Supergirl on Earth-38 because her alien expertise is needed to help fight the Dominators.
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Other live-action DC shows that air at the same time, like Creator/{{Fox}}'s ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' or Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''[[Series/Powerless2017 Powerless]]'' [[note]] a series that deals with a universe in which all of the A-List DC heroes are already active and mass destruction is a regular occurrence, as opposed to the B-list heroes and smaller conflicts the Arrowverse undergoes[[/note]], and the upcoming ''Series/BlackLightning'', which is airing on the CW, is produced by Greg Brerlanti (but is being filmed in Atlanta not Vancouver) are all self-contained and not innately part of the Arrowverse continuity.
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* FlyingFirepower: The verse has ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}, ComicBook/TheAtom, and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. One ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode also shows that, in the future, the [[OneNationUnderCopyright Kasnia Conglomerate]] will use flying robots inspired by the Atom suit to police the populace.
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It began in 2012 with an adaptation of ComicBook/GreenArrow called ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In its second season, it introduced [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] before he got his powers (he got struck by the legendary lightning bolt in his second appearance), and he soon gained his own spinoff naturally called ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''. An animated web series starring Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, guest-starring ''Arrow'' and ''Flash'' cast members as their characters, was streamed on CW Seed in 2015. The third spin-off, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', began airing in 2016. It features ComicBook/TheAtom, who debuted during ''Arrow''[='=]s third season, and ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}, who debuted in ''The Flash'', teaming up with both new and old characters. Another animated CW Seed show, ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'', will air in 2017, and also has the honour of being the first superhero series with a gay lead character.
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It began in 2012 with an adaptation of ComicBook/GreenArrow called ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In its second season, it introduced [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] before he got his powers (he got struck by the legendary lightning bolt in his second appearance), and he soon gained his own spinoff {{spinoff}} naturally called ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''. An animated web series starring Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, guest-starring ''Arrow'' and ''Flash'' cast members as their characters, was streamed on CW Seed in 2015. The third spin-off, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', began airing in 2016. It features ComicBook/TheAtom, who debuted during ''Arrow''[='=]s third season, and ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}, who debuted in ''The Flash'', teaming up with both new and old characters. Another animated CW Seed show, ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'', will air in 2017, and also has the honour of being the first superhero series with a gay lead character.
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*TookALevelInBadass: Applies to pretty much [[WorldOfBadass every major character]]. Our heroes are constantly gaining and refining new powers, skills, and tech. The one major exception is Malcom Merlyn, who has gone from the terrifying BigBad of Arrow season one to [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind losing almost every fight]] that's not with mooks or red shirts.
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** In a lighter example, the earlier [[Series/TheFlash1990 The Flash]] series from 1990 starring John Wesley Shipp was retroactively folded in as one of the many Earths in the multiverse.
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** Type 0: Caitlin Snow, Harrison Wells pre-explosion, Moira Queen, Thea Queen [[spoiler:until Season 3]], Felicity Smoak, Dinah Lance, Henry and Nora Allen, Tommy Merlyn, Ray Palmer [[spoiler:out of armour]], Dante Ramon, Barry Allen pre-explosion, [[spoiler:the real Harrison Wells]], James Jesse [[note]]skilled manipulator and gadgeteer, but not a fighter and in his sixties[[/note]], Count Vertigo I, Iris West.
** Type 1: Most characters on ''Arrow'', Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper [[spoiler:when not on Mirakuru]], Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance, League of Assassins members, ARGUS agents, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cisco Ramon]], Hartley Rathaway, Joe West, Captain Singh, Quentin Lance, the Rogues, Shado, Yao Fei, Billy Wintergreen, Werner Zytle, Slade Wilson [[spoiler:pre-Mirakuru, and after being depowered]], Rip Hunter.
** Type 1: Most characters on ''Arrow'', Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper [[spoiler:when not on Mirakuru]], Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance, League of Assassins members, ARGUS agents, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cisco Ramon]], Hartley Rathaway, Joe West, Captain Singh, Quentin Lance, the Rogues, Shado, Yao Fei, Billy Wintergreen, Werner Zytle, Slade Wilson [[spoiler:pre-Mirakuru, and after being depowered]], Rip Hunter.
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** Type 0: Caitlin Snow, Harrison Wells pre-explosion, Moira Queen, Thea Queen [[spoiler:until Season 3]], Felicity Smoak, Dinah Lance, Henry and Nora Allen, Tommy Merlyn, Ray Palmer [[spoiler:out of armour]], Dante Ramon, Barry Allen pre-explosion, [[spoiler:the real Harrison Wells]], James Jesse [[note]]skilled manipulator and gadgeteer, but not a fighter and in his sixties[[/note]], Count Vertigo I, Iris West.
West, Winn Schott, Cat Grant.
** Type 1: Most characters on ''Arrow'', Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper [[spoiler:when not on Mirakuru]], Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance, League of Assassins members, ARGUS agents, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cisco Ramon]], Hartley Rathaway, Joe West, Captain Singh, Quentin Lance, the Rogues, Shado, Yao Fei, Billy Wintergreen, Werner Zytle, Slade Wilson [[spoiler:pre-Mirakuru, and after being depowered]], RipHunter.Hunter, Alex Danvers, James Olsen.
** Type 1: Most characters on ''Arrow'', Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper [[spoiler:when not on Mirakuru]], Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance, League of Assassins members, ARGUS agents, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cisco Ramon]], Hartley Rathaway, Joe West, Captain Singh, Quentin Lance, the Rogues, Shado, Yao Fei, Billy Wintergreen, Werner Zytle, Slade Wilson [[spoiler:pre-Mirakuru, and after being depowered]], Rip
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** Type 4: Zoom, Kara Zor-El, J'onn J'onzz, [[PlayingWithFire Firestorm]], Barry as of "The Race Of His Life" (now knows how to do everything Zoom can do),(semi-debatably) Fully-Powered Reverse-Flash (Equal to the Future Flash, who has "centuries" of experience and is undeniably a [[SuperIntelligence Super Genius]]), Savitar, Nate Heywood as of "Outlaw Country".
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** Type 4: Zoom, Kara Zor-El, J'onn J'onzz, M'gann M'orzz, [[PlayingWithFire Firestorm]], Barry as of "The Race Of His Life" (now knows how to do everything Zoom can do),(semi-debatably) Fully-Powered Reverse-Flash (Equal to the Future Flash, who has "centuries" of experience and is undeniably a [[SuperIntelligence Super Genius]]), Savitar, Nate Heywood as of "Outlaw Country".
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** Helena Bertinelli, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Betti Sans Souci, Kendra Saunders and Patty Spivot all stand 5'8. Ditto for Sara Lance's [[TheOtherDarrin original actress]] Jacqueline [=McInnes=] Wood.
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** Helena Bertinelli, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Betti Sans Souci, Kendra Saunders and Saunders, Patty Spivot Spivot, and Kara Zor-El all stand 5'8. Ditto for Sara Lance's [[TheOtherDarrin original actress]] Jacqueline [=McInnes=] Wood.
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** In the comics, Supergirl's adoptive sibling is a male infant. Here, it's female and is {{Age Lift}}ed to be her CoolBigSis.
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** [[invoked]]Fall of 2016 went even further, as ''Series/Supergirl'' came [[ChannelHop to Mondays on CW from CBS]] and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' aired on Thursdays, ''Supergirl'' episode "Medusa" was largely standalone but ended with Barry and Cisco arriving in her universe to recruit her for a special mission back in Earth-1. The following episodes of Arrow, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, in that order, showed the characters facing off against against an AlienInvasion and were all called "ComicBook/{{Invasion}}!" It also, appropriately, featured Arrow's [[MilestoneCelebration 100th Episode]] as the origin of the Arrowverse.
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** [[invoked]]Fall of 2016 went even further, as ''Series/Supergirl'' ''Series/Supergirl2015'' came [[ChannelHop to Mondays on CW from CBS]] and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' aired on Thursdays, ''Supergirl'' episode "Medusa" was largely standalone but ended with Barry and Cisco arriving in her universe to recruit her for a special mission back in Earth-1. The following episodes of Arrow, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, in that order, showed the characters facing off against against an AlienInvasion and were all called "ComicBook/{{Invasion}}!" It also, appropriately, featured Arrow's [[MilestoneCelebration 100th Episode]] as the origin of the Arrowverse.
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** A [[https://www.blog.peopleschoice.com/2016/08/11/cw-confirms-flash-supergirl-musical-crossover-episode/ musical crossover]] between ''Flash'' and ''Supergirl'' has been announced.
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** A [[https://www.blog.peopleschoice.com/2016/08/11/cw-confirms-flash-supergirl-musical-crossover-episode/ musical crossover]] crossover]], entitled "Duet", between ''Flash'' and ''Supergirl'' has been announced.also occurred later in ''The Flash'''s third season.
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* BikerBabe: The Lance sisters, Helena Bertinelli and Lisa Snart.
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* ActionGirl / DarkActionGirl: Although the two title characters are men, both shows have done a good job of having female characters, good and bad, who are capable in their own right and not just filling the role of Love Interest or TheChick.
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* ActionGirl / DarkActionGirl: Although All of the two title characters are men, both shows, even the shows with male leads, have done a good job of having female characters, good and bad, who are capable in their own right and not just filling the role of Love Interest or TheChick.
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** ''Almost'' Averted by Supergirl, whose alien foes, who are by definition criminals who escaped their cells when Fort Rozz crash-landed on Earth, are contained by a perfectly legal government backed D.E.O. prison. That is, until metahumans like Livewire start being stored there, wherein they start moving into the murky territory of imprisoning US citizens. And then the D.E.O. kidnaps and holds indefinitely without trial Maxwell Lord, a non-metahuman whose actions, while illegal and sociopathic, were not within the D.E.O.'s charter. Eventually, James is able to talk Kara and Alex into letting him go, while the Flash is able to provide the same information used by Central City to build their metahuman prison.
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* BadassGay: Several, we have lesbian DarkActionGirl Nyssa Al Ghul and Bisexual [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]] Sara Lance for ''Arrow'' and [[Series/{{Constantine}} John Constantine]]. StraightGay Captain Singh and Hartley Rathaway (the two aren't a couple in this continuity, mind) for ''The Flash''.
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* SiblingTeam: Leonard and Lisa Snart, Mark and Clyde Mardon and [[spoiler: Oliver and Thea Queen]] starting ''Arrow'' Season 4. Averted by the Lance sisters, since they go on their separate paths, [[spoiler: and later Laurel is killed by Damian Darhk.]]
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* SiblingTeam: Leonard and Lisa Snart, Mark and Clyde Mardon and Mardon, [[spoiler: Oliver and Thea Queen]] starting ''Arrow'' Season 4.4, and Kara and Alex Danvers. Averted by the Lance sisters, since they go on their separate paths, [[spoiler: and later Laurel is killed by Damian Darhk.]]
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The shows are ''flooded'' with these type of women. There are the DefrostingIceQueen types (pre-CharacterDevelopment Laurel Lance and Caitlin [[IncrediblyLamePun Snow]], Tatsu Yamashiro, Dr. Tina [=McGee=], Mei), {{Deadpan Snarker}}s (Thea Queen, Sin, Lisa Snart), those who are downright rigid (Helena Bertinelli, Isabel Rochev, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Amanda Waller, Taiana, Valentina Vostok, Astra, [[spoiler: Earth-2 Laurel Lance]]), usually distant (Felicity Smoak in her backstory, Shado, Lyla Michaels-Diggle, Mary Martin, Alura Zor-El) or just plain aloof (Carly Diggle, Linda Park on a bad day, [[spoiler: Linda's Earth-2 counterpart aka Dr. Light]], Siobhan Smythe pre-FaceHeelTurn). Also pretty much everyone mentioned except the usually distant ones.
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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The shows are ''flooded'' with these type of women. There are the DefrostingIceQueen types (pre-CharacterDevelopment Laurel Lance and Caitlin [[IncrediblyLamePun Snow]], Tatsu Yamashiro, Dr. Tina [=McGee=], Mei), Mei, Alex Danvers), {{Deadpan Snarker}}s (Thea Queen, Sin, Lisa Snart), those who are downright rigid (Helena Bertinelli, Isabel Rochev, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Amanda Waller, Taiana, Valentina Vostok, Astra, [[spoiler: Earth-2 Laurel Lance]]), usually distant (Felicity Smoak in her backstory, Shado, Lyla Michaels-Diggle, Mary Martin, Alura Zor-El) or just plain aloof (Carly Diggle, Linda Park on a bad day, [[spoiler: Linda's Earth-2 counterpart aka Dr. Light]], Siobhan Smythe pre-FaceHeelTurn). Also pretty much everyone mentioned except the usually distant ones.
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Other live-action DC shows that air at the same time, like Creator/{{Fox}}'s ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' or Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''[[Series/Powerless2017 Powerless]]'' [[note]] a series that deals with a universe in which all of the A-List DC heroes are already active and mass destruction is a regular occurrence, as opposed to the B-list heroes and smaller conflicts the Arrowverse undergoes[[/note]], and the upcoming ''Series/BlackLightning'' (which despite airing on the CW, and being produced by Greg Brerlanti) are all self-contained and not innately part of the Arrowverse continuity.
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-> '''Cisco Ramon:''' I mean, this world was crazy before all these meta-humans and super powers, right?\\
'''Roy Harper:''' What's your point?\\
'''Cisco Ramon:''' Well, maybe metahumans and superpowers were given to us to deal with the crazy.\\
'''John Diggle:''' You mean by God?\\
'''Cisco Ramon:''' No. By a dark matter wave released from a failed particle accelerated reaction... I think people like Barry are the hope for saving people like us. ...Plus, you got to admit, it's all pretty freakin' cool, right?
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The "Arrowverse" (or "Arrow-verse", "[=ArrowVerse=]"...) is a common FanNickname given to a group of {{superhero}} TV shows based on Creator/DCComics that air on Creator/TheCW and share the same continuity and producers.
It began in 2012 with an adaptation of ComicBook/GreenArrow called ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In its second season, it introduced [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] before he got his powers (he got struck by the legendary lightning bolt in his second appearance), and he soon gained his own spinoff naturally called ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''. An animated web series starring Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, guest-starring ''Arrow'' and ''Flash'' cast members as their characters, was streamed on CW Seed in 2015. The third spin-off, ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', began airing in 2016. It features ComicBook/TheAtom, who debuted during ''Arrow''[='=]s third season, and ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}, who debuted in ''The Flash'', teaming up with both new and old characters. Another animated CW Seed show, ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'', will air in 2017, and also has the honour of being the first superhero series with a gay lead character.
The Arrowverse is not in the same continuity as the Film/DCExtendedUniverse of films that began with ''Film/ManOfSteel''. There is no direct hint that Franchise/{{Superman}} or Franchise/{{Batman}} are known or active in this universe (not yet, anyway), and superpowered abilities and the supernatural in general were not common until ''The Flash'' introduced [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahumans]] (while there were "hyper-realistic" elements that skirted the line). References to the greater DCU are common; elements of the Batman mythos were heavily incorporated into ''Arrow''. There are some characters in the shows that will also be in the movies, but played by different actors.
Other live-action DC shows that air at the same time, like Creator/{{Fox}}'s ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' or Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''[[Series/Powerless2017 Powerless]]'' [[note]] a series that deals with a universe in which all of the A-List DC heroes are already active and mass destruction is a regular occurrence, as opposed to the B-list heroes and smaller conflicts the Arrowverse undergoes[[/note]], are all self-contained and not innately part of the Arrowverse continuity.
Despite this, executive producer and DC writer Creator/GeoffJohns has likened the movies and TV shows to parts of a {{multiverse}} and that {{crossover}}s are not 100 percent out of the question. After ''Series/{{Constantine}}''[='=]s cancellation, the character (played by the same actor Creator/MattRyan) and show were adopted into the Arrowverse, first appearing in ''Arrow''[='=]s fourth season. Creator/{{CBS}}'s ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'', specifically, is made by the same production company as ''Arrow'' and ''The Flash'', and CBS partially owns the CW. Since ''The Flash'' ended up exploring the {{Multiverse}} and {{Alternate Universe}}s, Barry made an appearance in ''Supergirl'''s first season, and Supergirl, after her show moved to the CW for its second season (since CBS was unwilling to bear the cost for such an expensive series), appeared in the crossover event ''Invasion!''.
Also called the "Berlanti-verse," thanks to executive-producer Creator/GregBerlanti.
[[AC: Shows set on Earth-1 in the Arrowverse include:]]
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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' (2012)
* ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' (2014)
* ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' (2014), retroactively. [[note]] Originally it aired on NBC for one season. But due to the cult popularity of the show, John was allowed to guest star in an episode of "Arrow" Season Four.[[/note]]
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Constantine}}'' (2017), an animated revival scheduled to air during the 2017-2018 season on CW Seed.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}'' (2015), an animated miniseries on CW Seed
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2016), starring ComicBook/TheAtom, ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}, [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]] and others, brought together by spacetime-traveler ComicBook/RipHunter.
* ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'' (2017), an animated miniseries on CW Seed
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* ''Series/{{The Flash|1990}}'' (1990), retroactively. [[note]]When Barry crosses the barrier to Earth-2 in "Welcome to Earth-2" images across the multiverse are seen, one being archive footage from this series with Creator/JohnWesleyShipp in the Flash costume.[[/note]]
* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' (2015), concurrently. [[note]]When Barry crosses the barrier to Earth-2 in "Welcome to Earth-2" images across the multiverse are seen, one from this series of Kara in costume and flying. Barry later appeared on the show itself in "World's Finest" explicitly as a result of experiments he was engaged with on his show; he later recruits Kara in the multi-series CrisisCrossover "Invasion!". The show's world is designated Earth-38, in a MythologyGag of the year Superman was created.[[/note]]
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!!Tropes found in the shows:
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* AbortedArc:
** Plans for Harley Quinn to be a major character in Season Four of ''Arrow'' after her Season Two cameo were canned due to ExecutiveMeddling.
** Likewise, despite all the numerous nods and teasers to the Green Lantern mythos in Season One of "The Flash" and Season Three of ''Arrow'', Hal Jordan never appeared (outside of a extremely brief cameo that didn't even show his face- just the torso of somebody wearing a flight jacket) due to an arbitrary ban on anything involving aliens.
** The ''Arrow'' episode "Legends of Yesterday" ends with Malcom Merlyn harvesting the ashes of Vandal Savage hinting that Malcom would play a role in Savage's return. In ''Legends of Tomorrow'', it's just handwaved that Savage always comes back FromASingleCell and whatever role Malcolm had in his resurection is never adressed not even when the latter appears in season 2.
* AbsentAliens: With Superman not being a part of this 'verse, no other aliens make an appearance. However, Barry does meet [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} Supergirl]] in a crossover episode and is amazed to discover that aliens are real on her Earth. The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' spin-off puts an end to this with the revelation that [[WingedHumanoid Thanagarians]] are set to invade Earth in the distant future and that the meteorite that mutated Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Savage had been sent by them. Completely averted when the Dominators are confirmed to exist and actually invade Earth.
* ActionGirl / DarkActionGirl: Although the two title characters are men, both shows have done a good job of having female characters, good and bad, who are capable in their own right and not just filling the role of Love Interest or TheChick.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** Thea was introduced before Roy due to RelatedInTheAdaptation coming in full force. In the source material, her counterpart Mia Dearden is the second Speedy succeeding Roy Harper.
** Isabel Rochev is supposed to be introduced when Oliver is well into his career as the Green Arrow. Here, she was introduced in his second year and died two years before he officially named himself "Green Arrow".
* {{Adorkable}}: Barry Allen, Ray Palmer, Felicity Smoak and Cisco Ramon are the notable examples.
** Kara Danvers is even called "adorkable" in universe.
* AllMythsAreTrue: ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}'' are both part of the Arrowverse, and each of these take a FantasyKitchenSink approach to the mythology of a particular religion (Constantine does whatever the hell it pleases with religion, and take a look at the entry for ArtisticLicenseReligion for what Vixen does to ... Africa).
* AlternateContinuity: This is a major adaptation of [[Franchise/TheDCU the DC Universe]]...and Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are nowhere to seen. Although ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' implies the first two might not be as far off as you think.
--> '''Rip Hunter:''' I've seen [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Men of Steel]] [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman die]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Dark Knights]] [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} fall]].
** In addition, Superman is explicitly active on [[Series/Supergirl2015 another universe]].
* AlternateTimeline: Oh boy...
** ''The Flash'' episodes "Out of Time" and "Rogue Time" take place in two different timelines which diverge when Barry time-travels by accident at the end of the former.
** In "Tricksters", it's revealed that [[spoiler: the entire series, and by extension the Arrowverse itself, was already set in one, caused by the arrival of Eobard Thawne from the future. He murdered Nora Allen and framed her husband for the crime, significantly altering Barry's life and relationships. He also murdered and stole the identity of Harrison Wells, the man who created the particle accelerator in the original timeline, and ensures that the particle accelerator is created seven years earlier, so that Barry gains his powers and becomes the Flash earlier, as well as all the metahumans in his Rogues Gallery]].
** This happens again in [[spoiler: the "Legends of Today"(''The Flash'')/"Legends of Yesterday"(''Arrow'') crossover. This time, Barry knows enough to anticipate this happening, but it still happens mostly by accident after Vandal Savage destroys Central City and kills most major Flash and Arrow characters. The second run-through goes much better]].
** In "Flash Back", [[spoiler: Barry decides to travel back in time to learn from Thawne/Wells how to increase his speed. Despite every character warning him about damaging the timeline, he deliberately takes actions which lead to the off-screen reformation of Harley Rathaway, AKA Pied Piper]].
** In the Season Two finale, "The Race of His Life", Barry, [[spoiler: having reached his DespairEventHorizon over the death of his father, goes back to the moment Eobard Thawne killed his mother and saves her life. As revealed in the Season Three premiere, this creates a radically different timeline, dubbed "Flashpoint", wherein Wally West, not Barry, became the Flash; Barry grew up with both his parents; Joe became an alcoholic; Cisco Ramon became a billionaire and the owner of STAR Labs (now called Ramon Enterprises); etc. Following the above, in a bid to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, Barry lets Thawne kill Nora again, seemingly restoring his original timeline. In fact, it's only a CloseEnoughTimeline, with some crucial changes for the worse -- Iris never forgave Joe for keeping the secret of her mother's survival (something they originally sorted out early in Season Two), Cisco's brother Dante died in an accident and Cisco blamed Barry for not running back in time to save him, Barry now has a new partner named Julian Albert who's worked with him for a year in the new timeline (and hates him for some reason), Sara Diggle was never born and has been "replaced" by baby John instead (setting up a plot point explored in the first season of ''Legends of Tomorrow''), and Caitlin, unknown to anyone else, somehow has Killer Frost's powers]]...
* AlternateUniverse: Tackled more on ''The Flash''; several main and recurring characters are from Earths -2 and -3. ''Supergirl'' also takes place in one[[note]]specifically, Earth-38[[/note]] compared to the other shows.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The shows are ''flooded'' with these type of women. There are the DefrostingIceQueen types (pre-CharacterDevelopment Laurel Lance and Caitlin [[IncrediblyLamePun Snow]], Tatsu Yamashiro, Dr. Tina [=McGee=], Mei), {{Deadpan Snarker}}s (Thea Queen, Sin, Lisa Snart), those who are downright rigid (Helena Bertinelli, Isabel Rochev, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Amanda Waller, Taiana, Valentina Vostok, Astra, [[spoiler: Earth-2 Laurel Lance]]), usually distant (Felicity Smoak in her backstory, Shado, Lyla Michaels-Diggle, Mary Martin, Alura Zor-El) or just plain aloof (Carly Diggle, Linda Park on a bad day, [[spoiler: Linda's Earth-2 counterpart aka Dr. Light]], Siobhan Smythe pre-FaceHeelTurn). Also pretty much everyone mentioned except the usually distant ones.
* ArcNumber: 52 pops up ''a lot'' in the shows.
* ArcWelding:
** NBC's short-lived ''Constantine'' series was retconned as part of the 'verse the following season; WordOfGod at the time was there were no plans to use him after his one appearance on ''Arrow'', but this changed with [[WesternAnimation/{{Constantine}} his animated series]]. And he's been mentioned a few times as well.
** ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' was initially created as an unrelated show for CBS, but from the start the crew had their eye on how it could be made part of the 'verse. They ended up quickly being able to negotiate an appearance by Arrowverse Barry Allen, with the show presented as one of the numerous alternate Earths already presented in ''The Flash'' (it couldn't simply be the same Earth due to Superman already being an established hero). The following season the show moved to the CW, allowing for much easier crossovers in the future.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The 'verse plays fast and loose with the law, but the secret extrajudicial prisons are the big ones.
** Oliver's prison on Lian Yu is built, maintained, and operated by A.R.G.U.S., a US military black-ops project, so we can assume it to be legal in the same way as Guantanamo Bay--that is, it's legal, but a lot of people really wish it wasn't.
** Barry's prison in the particle accelerator, on the other hand, doesn't even have that shaky legal justification. It's owned and operated by private citizens with no legal or law enforcement training, keeping people imprisoned for life with no chance of trial or parole, based solely on whether or not they have powers. Only one person involved with the legal system (Joe) knows about it, and he's uncomfortable with it, but lets it slide because there's nowhere else to put them. When he brings up the situation with a friend of his in the DA's office, she points out that it is '''''horrifically''''' illegal, and he's very likely to go to prison for a very long time if he doesn't dissociate himself from the situation.
*** Near the end of Season 1, [[spoiler:the particle accelerator prisoners were going to be transferred to Lian Yu, whose operation as a prison is legitimate as mentioned above. Of course this never happens, as Snart breaks them all out.]]
*** By Season 2, the city's prison has been equipped to hold metahumans, so the highly illegal particle accelerator prison is no longer needed. [[spoiler:However, a villain from Earth-2 shows up and happens to have the same face as one of the Flash's friends. Obviously, she had to be imprisoned in the particle accelerator.]]
** ''Almost'' Averted by Supergirl, whose alien foes, who are by definition criminals who escaped their cells when Fort Rozz crash-landed on Earth, are contained by a perfectly legal government backed D.E.O. prison. That is, until metahumans like Livewire start being stored there, wherein they start moving into the murky territory of imprisoning US citizens. And then the D.E.O. kidnaps and holds indefinitely without trial Maxwell Lord, a non-metahuman whose actions, while illegal and sociopathic, were not within the D.E.O.'s charter. Eventually, James is able to talk Kara and Alex into letting him go, while the Flash is able to provide the same information used by Central City to build their metahuman prison.
* AscendedExtra: In a broader sense. Both Green Arrow and The Flash are popular characters in the DCU but (Green Arrow especially) not exactly the main players in the superhero community, and outside the comics neither have had much exposure beyond the ensemble shows. Within this universe they ARE the Batman and Superman of the setting.
* BackFromTheDead: The Lazarus Pit exists in this universe so resurrection is possible. [[spoiler: So far, only four people have done it; Malcolm Merlyn (only implied, though strongly), Oliver Queen (though not by the pit), and Sara Lance (Thea was near death, but not dead). The Pit was destroyed after that last one to keep the 'verse from falling into DeathIsCheap. However, Damian Darhk is shown of being capable of resurrecting, though whether it's from the waters he stole from the Pit or if he's a {{Necromancer}} is yet to be revealed]].
* BadFuture: The future ''is'' not a happy place in the Arrowverse:
** Vandal Savage rules the entire world by 2166 (although that future no longer exists thanks to the Legends). Before he conquered the Earth, corporations had assumed governing duties over the various countries.
** In Eobard Thawne's time there are no more cows.
** Central City in 2024 is a bad place, because Barry is depressed over [[spoiler: losing Iris]], allowing the city to be overrun with criminals. He eventually snaps out of it only to disappear in April in a "Red Sky Crisis" while battling the Reverse Flash.
** [[spoiler: In the future a time remnant of Barry ''snaps'' and becomes evil renaming himself '''''Savitar'''''.]]
** Star City is even worse by 2046. Its been conquered by Grant Wilson (Slade's son) with the aid of his own personal Mirakuru augmented army, who slaughtered every member of Team Arrow (Barry wasn't around to help them since he disappeared) sans Oliver (though he lost an arm), and Felicity who just gave up hope and left. It thought this was only a ''possible'' future but there's a good chance it may come to pass since [[spoiler: in that future the current Green Arrow is John Diggle Jr. In the present day, Barry creating Flashpoint meant that Sara Diggle no longer exists and John Diggle Jr is the only child of John and Lyla instead.]]
* BadassFamily: Some of the {{Sibling Team}}s below are exactly that [[InTheBlood for a reason]].
** [[spoiler: The BrotherSisterTeam of Oliver and Thea is already formidable enough, add the latter's biological father to the equation and it's one kickass family [[DysfunctionalFamily on paper]].]]
** The Lances are composed of two {{Action Girl}}s and their veteran ActionDad cop.
** HappilyMarried BattleCouple John Diggle and Lyla Michaels are [[RetiredBadass retired military personnel]] who respectively serves as TheLancer to TheHero and the de-facto NumberTwo to A.R.G.U.S. at the start of ''Arrow''.
** The Snarts are a family of career criminals, [[DysfunctionalFamily dysfunctional as they may be]].
** The Tricksters, like the Snarts, are career criminals that composes of a father-and-son duo. Unlike them however, they get along quite well which makes them more dangerous.
** Another criminal example is the Royal Flush Gang, a family of bank robbers.
** ComicBook/RasAlGhul is TheLeader of The League of Assassins. His daughter, Nyssa, is also a deadly DarkActionGirl. Like the Snarts however, they also have a tendency to be dysfunctional.
** The West-Allen family might just take the cake, since it compromises [[BadassNormal Detective Joe West]], [[BadassAdorable Iris West]], [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Wally West]], and, of course [[TheHero Barry Allen]].
* BadassGay: Several, we have lesbian DarkActionGirl Nyssa Al Ghul and Bisexual [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]] Sara Lance for ''Arrow'' and [[Series/{{Constantine}} John Constantine]]. StraightGay Captain Singh and Hartley Rathaway (the two aren't a couple in this continuity, mind) for ''The Flash''.
* BelatedHappyEnding: At least for Series/{{Constantine}} that was CutShort before the StoryArc reached any conclusion. John's appearance in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' implies that the Brujeria failed to bring hell on Earth but on the other side the fate of [[spoiler: Zed Martin who has a brain tumor and Jim Corrigan who was destined to die in a vision]] remains unknown.
* BigGood: Barry and Oliver. They're the ones who unite the team in ''Legends''. Barry in particular is acknowledged as having the potential to be the most powerful hero of TheVerse.
* BikerBabe: The Lance sisters, Helena Bertinelli and Lisa Snart.
* BoobsOfSteel: A number of the {{Action Girl}}s are [[UnusualEuphemism well-stacked]], namely; Sara Lance, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Mari [=McCabe=], Kendra Saunders, Jesse Wells, Eliza Harmon, and Taiana Venediktova.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Dr. Harrison Wells had the admiration of ''nearly'' every promising scientific mind in the verse: Barry, Felicity, Ray, and of course Cisco and Caitlin. They were '''crushed''' when they found out he was a) a villain and b) not really Wells at all.]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: Leonard and Lisa Snart, [[spoiler: Oliver and Thea Queen]] starting ''Arrow'' Season 4.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: This universe loves playing with this. Notable examples are:
** Oliver is given a younger sister named Thea, who is then revealed to be the equivalent and sort-of-namesake of Mia Dearden (Dearden is her middle name, and she's used Mia as an alias.)
** Like Oliver, Laurel is given a younger sister named Sara, who is then revealed to be a DecompositeCharacter of Laurel's mother Dinah Drake. Mind you, Dinah Drake is also in the series (portrayed by Creator/AlexKingston) but she is an AdaptationalWimp. She also turns out to be this universe's White Canary, making her a triple CompositeCharacter.
** During the middle of ''The Flash'' Season 2, Barry encounters a ManInTheIronMask [[spoiler: imprisoned with him and Jesse Quick]]. This man turns out to be [[spoiler: the real Jay Garrick]].
* CanonImmigrant: John Diggle and Tommy Merlyn from ''Arrow'' have both appeared in the DC ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' reboot comics.
* CanonInvasion: As mentioned above, ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' was retroactively made part of this universe. So is ''Series/{{The Flash|1990}}'' (as an AlternateUniverse).
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: The shows are filled with good-looking men. ''Arrow'' in particular had a "Cast Full of {{Hunk}}s" during its second season, while ''Legends'' has had ''four'' TallDarkAndHandsome men in its lineup.
* CelebrityParadox: '''Several''', and the existence of TheMultiverse and people universe-hopping only makes things complicated. Specific details are found [[CelebrityParadox/{{Arrowverse}} in its own page]].
* ChickMagnet: Oliver and Barry have their fair share of girls, the former [[TheCasanova more so]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance:
** The Oliver/Tommy/Laurel LoveTriangle. For the matter, the Oliver/Laurel/Sara SiblingTriangle.
** Barry has been in love with Iris since they were in fourth-fifth grade.
* CityOfAdventure: Central City after the Particle Accelerator exploded.
* CloseEnoughTimeline:
** ''The Flash'' reveals that the Arrowverse as we know it was altered by the Reverse Flash traveling back in time to kill Barry's mom. It's also made clear that there are domino effects involved with TimeTravel so there were unknown differences in the original timeline, but Barry and Oliver still became their particular heroes.
** In season three ''The Flash'', Barry himself ends up causing this by [[spoiler: preventing and then restoring his mother's death.]] While most of the changes are confined to his own show, [[spoiler: Sara Diggle no longer exists, having been "replaced" by John Jr.]]
* ColorCharacter: ''Black'' Canary, ''White'' Canary, ''Golden'' Glider, ''Dark'' Archer, ''Green'' Arrow.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Zigzagged depending on the show. On ''Arrow'' it's a while before Oliver embraces his hero name, and even though the villains have codenames their usually referred to by their civilian names. While on ''The Flash'', Cisco is quick to dub ''every'' villain with a codename.
-->'''Oliver:''' Last month, you took on a man named Leonard Snart--\\
'''Barry:''' We call him Captain Cold.\\
'''Oliver:''' We can talk about you giving your enemies silly codenames later.\\
'''Barry:''' You mean, like, over coffee with Deathstroke and the Huntress?
* ContinuitySnarl: In the long run, constant {{time travel}}ing of speedsters like Barry, Eobard Thawne and Zoom, coupled with Team Legends' own shenanigans, may justify this inconsistencies. Nonetheless, the following specific examples.
** The pilot episode of ''Arrow'' is guilty of this for two things.
*** It shows a very different Sara Lance. Not only because she [[TheOtherDarrin was played by a different actress]], but because said actress actress has nothing in common with [[ThePeteBest the more well-known version]] -- the former is a tall brunette, the latter is a blonde with above-average height, and both features were made as an important plot point for her family's arc late in Season 1. The former's name was also spelled slightly different ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS with an "h"]]).
*** Robert Queen's birth year was shown as 1948 before it was reestablished as 1958 ''at the following episode''.
** According to Malcolm Merlyn, he was informed of his wife's murder when he was at his office. When the flashback was shown in Season 3, the authorities informed him at his home.
** The timeline of Barry's SuperheroOrigin differs from the one shown in ''Arrow'' to the one shown in his own show's pilot. In ''Arrow'' it happens on the same night he comes back from Star City, while in ''The Flash'' it happens the night after. [[spoiler: Then again, rectifying his OriginStory ''was'' his show's BigBad's intended goal. And he already screwed the timeline significantly to do that.]]
** The crossovers worked pretty well in the first half of ''Arrow'' Season 3 and ''The Flash'' Season 1, but in the second half they appeared to get knocked out of sync by a week or two, resulting in the Arrow team picking some rather odd moments to head to Central City.
*** This is even more awkward the following season when Barry appears on ''Arrow'' with his powers at a time when he'd lost them on his own show. And it was a whole month before we got to see how he got to Supergirl's Earth.
** Al Rothstein, who will eventually become Atom Smasher, was mentioned by Harrison Wells as one of his staff that died during the Particle Accelerator incident. He appeared as the StarterVillain of Season 2 but both Caitlin and Cisco clearly don't know him. [[spoiler: And that one was from Earth-2. Cisco and Caitlin didn't know the one from Earth-1 either. Said Earth-1 counterpart wasn't even in Central City when the Particle Accelerator went off.]]
* {{Crossover}}: As can be expected of a franchise based on comicbooks, these happen frequently.
** There was a big two night crossover advertised as [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E8FlashVsArrow Flash]] vs. [[Recap/ArrowS3E8TheBraveAndTheBold Arrow]]. The characters also make frequent visits to Central and Starling City which is helped since the two air at the same time-slot on consecutive nights (Tuesday and Wednesday respectively).
*** Not only was there a second crossover the following year, but it served to set up the events of ''Legends of Tomorrow'', featuring two of its main heroes and the first appearance of its primary villain.
** On a rare example of a crossover with a canceled show, ''Arrow'' had a crossover with ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' in season 4’s fifth episode, "Haunted", where Matt Ryan reprised his role as John Constantine.
** Flash and Arrow both made guest appearances in the first season of ''Vixen''. The tables turned several months later when Vixen herself showed up on the fifteenth episode of ''Arrow''[='=]s fifth season, "Taken".
** And then ''Flash'' crossed over with ''Supergirl'', by way of Barry travelling to an alternate universe.
** ''Supergirl'', ''Flash'', ''Arrow'', '''and''' ''Legends of Tomorrow'' all team up in a massive four-night crossover event to fight an alien invasion.
** A [[https://www.blog.peopleschoice.com/2016/08/11/cw-confirms-flash-supergirl-musical-crossover-episode/ musical crossover]] between ''Flash'' and ''Supergirl'' has been announced.
* CrisisCrossover: Once Flash premiered they started a tradition of multi-part episodes spanning between episodes. They took advantage of the weekly airing CW schedule to tell a new part of the story in each installment, and it became a tradition. By the "Invasion!" crossover they became the first television SharedUniverse to feature four television series sharing four parts of a whole story.
** The first was in fall of 2014. As Flash aired on Tuesdays and Arrow on Wednesdays the first episode was Flash's "[[VersusTitle Flash vs. Arrow]]" and followed by Arrow's "[[ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold The Brave And The Bold]]," which were largely self-contained stories using the events of both episodes to explain the crossover.
** Fall of 2015 tried out a genuine TwoPartEpisode featuring the casts of both shows coming together to face off against ComicBook/VandalSavage and learning about his connection to [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders]]. It started on Flash's "Legends of Yesterday" and concluded on Arrow's "Legends of Today." This crossover, in addition to other story points in both shows, help to set up the premise of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow.''
** [[invoked]]Fall of 2016 went even further, as ''Series/Supergirl'' came [[ChannelHop to Mondays on CW from CBS]] and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' aired on Thursdays, ''Supergirl'' episode "Medusa" was largely standalone but ended with Barry and Cisco arriving in her universe to recruit her for a special mission back in Earth-1. The following episodes of Arrow, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, in that order, showed the characters facing off against against an AlienInvasion and were all called "ComicBook/{{Invasion}}!" It also, appropriately, featured Arrow's [[MilestoneCelebration 100th Episode]] as the origin of the Arrowverse.
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* DeathByAdaptation:
** Count Vertigo takes several arrows to the chest and then falls to his death. The writers later pulled a DecompositeCharacter move and introduced a second Count Vertigo in the Season 3 premiere of ''Arrow''.
** Firefly commits suicide after being defeated by Ollie.
** [[spoiler: Shado]] is shot and killed by Professor Ivo.
** The Dollmaker is killed by The Canary after he kidnaps Laurel and Quentin.
** Detective Chyre, an ally of Wally West in the comics, dies even before Barry Allen gets his powers.
** Clyde Mardon was killed by Joe West in the pilot episode of ''The Flash''.
** Dr. Wells kills Simon Stagg when he determines that he poses a threat to the Flash.
** [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}]] calmly waits to get caught by the explosion of the building he was standing in.
** [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne/The Reverse-Flash went on to KillAndReplace Dr. Harrison Wells, making the actual founder of S.T.A.R. Labs DeadAllAlong in this continuity.]]
** In the comics, [[spoiler: Eobard's ancestor and the present day Thawne]] becomes the supervillain Cobalt Blue. Here, [[spoiler: the present Thawne, Eddie,]] committed a HeroicSuicide on the first SeasonFinale of ''The Flash'' before [[spoiler: even donning his alleged/supposed supervillain identity]]. For the matter, this directly leads to [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne/The Reverse-Flash being {{Ret Gone}}d from existence]].
** [[spoiler: Laurel Lance/Black Canary was infamously killed-off late into ''Arrow'' Season 4.]]
* DeathIsCheap: As befits a show based on comic books. Interestingly, deliberately trying to change history to effect this ''never'' works. Characters' habits of coming back to life are lampshaded in an episode of ''Arrow'' when they suspect the villain of the week is a past villain Ollie did away with in his JudgeJuryAndExecutioner days. [[spoiler: Instead, it's Laurel who returns.]]
* DeconstructionCrossover: In relation to the above, the team crossing over is usually depicted as "out of place" in the city they're visiting due to their different approach in heroics.
* DependingOnTheWriter: "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow" take very vast different approaches to time travel. While both shows agree that there are certain events that can't (or shouldn't) be changed -- they vastly diverge after that. "Legends" operates under [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong the premise that major alterations to time can be fixed with little ill effect]]. While "Flash" operates under the idea that there are major consequences to messing with time - Jay compares it too a cracked cup it can be fixed but never quite the same. The differences become more pronounced after "Flashpoint". It's obviously due to PoorCommunicationKills between the writers for each show.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Barry showed up in two episodes of Arrow's second season a year before the Flash began airing. Likewise, Cisco and Caitlin also showed up in a later episode of ''Arrow'' Season Two.
** Hawkgirl briefly shows up near the end of Flash's season one finale.
* EnsembleCast: ''Arrow'' started off with a very tight focus on Oliver, but by the halfway point of the season he had developed a team structure with Diggle and Felicity. The other cast members certainly had their own plotlines, but as the show moved on everyone started gathering around Oliver as a CharacterMagneticTeam. The strategy was very well received and ''The Flash'' was a lot quicker to bring the entire cast in on the secret identity. This culminates in the team-based show ''Legends of Tomorrow.''
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: Slade Wilson and, to a lesser extent, Malcolm Merlyn, for Oliver. Eobard Thawne aka "Harrison Wells" and Hunter Zolomon aka "Jay Garrick" for Barry.]]
* EvolvingCredits: ''Arrow''[='s=] "My Name Is" OpeningNarration changes every season (it changed twice during the third). ''The Flash''[='s=] does as well, including a (slight) change once during the first SeasonFinale.
* {{Expy}}: The Arrowverse doesn't have free reign over all of the DCU, and [[ExiledFromContinuity so many characters are off limits]]. So many of the characters they CAN use are obvious stand-ins for who would normally be the bigger names. Of course, many characters are an expy / copy of the bigger names to begin with.
** [[TheCowl Oliver]] and [[TheCape Barry]] are quite similar to Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** Creator/MarkHamill's Trickster is not unlike the Joker.
** The Atom for ComicBook/BlueBeetle. Enforced by ExecutiveMeddling, as the writers had planned to use Blue Beetle. Mostly in ''Arrow''. In ''Legends of Tomorrow'', The Atom finally gets the powers he is famous for.
* {{Fanservice}}: The shows prefers ShesGotLegs for the men, and ShirtlessScene for the women. [[BiTheWay Sometimes to both]]. [[QueerAsTropes Depending on the audiences' taste really]].
* FantasyKitchenSink: While the setting started with nearly no fantastic elements, it eventually came to feature [[DoomsdayDevice earthquake machines]], {{Super Soldier}}s, [[AncientConspiracy ancient ninja cults]], [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahumans]], ArtificialIntelligence, [[HealingVat magical healing ponds]], PoweredArmor, {{Time Travel}}ers, {{Alternate Universe}}s and [[ComicBook/VandalSavage immortal supervillains]]. As of the fourth season of ''Arrow'', magic and the supernatural have been fully brought into this continuity. The last major comicbook staple left are aliens, which are fully brought on to the franchise with the revelation in [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E15Destiny an episode of ''Legends of Tomorrow'']] that [[spoiler:the Time Masters are trying to prevent a Thanagarian invasion of Earth in 2175.]] And that's only going to continue with Supergirl thrown into the mix.
* ForceAndFinesse: Some character dynamics display this perfectly.
** The Lance/Canary sisters. Laurel is an IncompletelyTrained fighter who only recently retrained and crash-courses her advance training. As a result, she has a very smash-mouth fighting style (Force). On the other hand, Sara received TrainingFromHell from a renowned MurderInc and as a result has a [[DanceBattler more graceful]] fighting style (Finesse).
** The Reverse-Flash and Zoom, Barry's {{Evil Counterpart}}s and [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]]. Zoom is an AxCrazy speedster who smugly does things ForTheEvulz upfront (Force), while the Reverse-Flash is also smug but a [[ManipulativeBastard very cunning]] [[TheChessmaster schemer]] who does things discretely as much as possible (Finesse).
** Roy and Thea, the wearer of (the same) red-hooded costume. Thea is a more boisterous vigilante (Force) compared to Roy, who is more discreet (Finesse).
** Leonard Snart and Mick Rory. Mick is, appropriately, a HotBlooded {{Pytomaniac}} (Force), while Leonard is a cool-headed schemer (Finesse). {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s intended.
** The Mardon brothers after receiving WeatherManipulation powers. Clyde never trained using it, and as a result has some uncoordinated attacks (Force). On the other hand, Mark trained himself with it and has complete mastery of his powers (Finesse).
** Slade Wilson and his son Grant. Grant prefers open attacks (Force), while his father prefers to use stealth and mind games. (Finesse).
* GayAesop: The shows are not shy in showing their pro-LGBT stance.
* GenderFlip:
** The Bug-Eyed Bandit in the comics is a man called Bertman Larvan. Here, her name is Brie.
** In the comics, ComicBook/{{Katana}} had twin daughters. Here, she had a son.
** In the comics, Mr. Terrific was married to a woman named Paula Holt. Here, she's a man named Paul and both he and Mr. Terrific were given AdaptationalSexuality by making them a male gay couple.
** In the comics, Supergirl's adoptive sibling is a male infant. Here, it's female and is {{Age Lift}}ed to be her CoolBigSis.
** In the comics, the Top is a male supervillain named Roscoe Dillon. Here, the Top is female named Rosalind.
* GenreShift: Originally the verse was very Nolan-esque and grounded in as much realism as possible for a superhero drama. The addition of Barry Allen to the cast opened the floodgates for the verse to become more fantastical. ''The Flash'' involves metahumans with superpowers based in science. While ''Arrow'' is still more of a grounded, PragmaticAdaptation (Laurel's Canary Cry is a sonic device and not a superpower), the show took the approach to include more supernatural powers with the reveal of Ra's Al-Ghul's Lazarus Pits in Season 3 and eventually outright magic with John Constantine in Season 4.
* TheHeart: Barry not just for Team Flash, but for Team Arrow as well due to his status as an AllLovingHero.
* {{Hell}}: The Chinese island Lian Yu is ''not'' a happy place (it even means Purgatory in English).
* HellholePrison: Iron Heights, which houses criminals from Starling, Central, and Keystone City. Starling DA Laurel Lance flat out admits that "protective custody" is non-existant in the prison.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Majority of the ''Arrow'' characters, with Oliver, Laurel and Felicity being the most notable examples.
** [[spoiler: Dr. Wells]] quickly scolded Barry about the dangers of {{Time Travel}}ling. Never mind that [[spoiler: the reason he was TrappedInThePast in the first place was because he did just that. Also, he was actually training Barry to become stronger for that very purpose so he can travel back home]].
** Rip Hunter lectures Sara on [[spoiler: messing up the timeline if she plans to go back in time to save her sister]], despite the fact that [[spoiler: the main reason Rip "recruited" his team in the first place is to prevent the murder of his wife and child]].
* InkSuitActor: As seen in the first ''Vixen'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6rSM_0L5pk trailer,]] the same actors voice their roles and thus their animated versions have a decent resemblance to them. Except Cisco, who is more muscular. The actress who voiced Vixen, Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke, later guest-starred (in live action) on ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: A recurring theme on both ''Arrow'' and ''The Flash''.
* LegionOfDoom: It forms in Season 2 of "Legends of Tomorrow". Its membership consists of Eobard Thawne, Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn, and Leonard Snart.
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* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: The explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs' Particle Accelerator is how both superpowered heroes and villains got their powers. [[spoiler: Until we learn that Deathbolt, a metahuman who showed up in Starling City, was nowehere near Central City during the explosion, being in an Opal City jail at the time. And of course, the Reverse-Flash got his powers from some other source besides the explosion.]]
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness:
** An interesting case where the 'verse has been steadily sliding from hard to soft across its run.
** ''Arrow'' (at least in its first season) is about as realistic as it's possible for an adaptation of a superhero comic to be, ''The Flash'' introduces many more overt sci-fi elements with its metahumans, and finally ''Legends of Tomorrow'' goes full tilt with a whole team of different powered heroes fighting an immortal villain across time. Also, ''Vixen'' introduces pure fantasy magic into the setting, throwing ''everyone'' off.
** Another neat twist is that there are still elements of the DC Universe (mostly the stuff involving aliens) that the crew considered too fantastic even for how soft the 'verse had become...so they instead put them in their unrelated DC show ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''. And then the ban got lifted in spectacular fashion with the "Invasion!" CrisisCrossover.
* TheMultiverse: Tackled more on ''The Flash'', after the events of the first season finale cause portals to open up and link this world to alternate realities. Universes confirmed to exist so far include:
** ''Earth-1'': The main universe where the franchise takes place.
** ''Earth-2'': The first parallel Earth visited on the show, home to the villain Zoom. A news briefing indicates that ''Robert Queen'' became The Arrow in Earth-2, a MythologyGag wherein ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Thomas Wayne became Batman.
** ''Earth-3'': The universe that is home to [[spoiler:the real Jay Garrick]].
** The universe of the ''Series/TheFlash1990'' series.
** The as yet unnamed universe where Hells Wells lives.
** ''Earth-17'': A Harrison Wells living there is briefly glimpsed during ''The Flash'' Season 3.
** The as yet unnamed universe where a mime Harrison Wells lives.
** ''Earth-19'': The universe that is home to Harrison "H.R." Wells.
** ''Earth-38'': The universe where ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' takes place.
* MythologyGag:
** ''The Flash'' has several nods to ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': the Emotional Spectrum is mentioned in "Flash vs. Arrow", Barry does a quick trip to Coast City for pizza in "Who is Harrison Wells?", and he mentions that Ferris Air closed down after one of their pilots disappeared in "Rogue Air".
*** ''Arrow'' season 4 includes flashbacks to Oliver's time in Coast City. One such flashback begins with the camera focusing on a man in a pilot's jacket with the named Jordan stitched on the front. [[ExecutiveMeddling But that's the furthest they're going to get due to Hal being off limits for the TV shows and restricted to movies.]] Luckily, the same crew's show ''Supergirl'' doesn't have such restrictions, and all the stuff in the DC Universe involving aliens is now more or less reserved for it anyway. [[spoiler: And "Legends of Tomorrow" reveal that the Thanagarians will invade Earth sometime in 22nd Century.]]
** [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} Opal City is mentioned in ''Arrow'']], and briefly visited by Harrison and Jesse Wells in ''Flash''.
** The ''Supergirl'' verse is Earth-38, in reference to Superman's first appearance in 1938.
* NerdsAreSexy: TheVerse seems to favor this with the likes of [[TheCoroner Barry Allen]], [[HollywoodHacking Felicity Smoak]], [[PowerArmor Ray Palmer]], etc.
* OddballInTheSeries: ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', as it was introduced in the verse retroactively. It's not a superhero show but an UrbanFantasy, [[DarkerAndEdgier it's much darker]], there's no OpeningNarration and it didn't air on CW but on NBC.
* OddNameOut:
** Despite starting the entire Verse, ''Arrow'' is the only series in its entirety that has a name starting with a vowel. Taken UpToEleven as this is also the case regarding Oliver with the entire cast of his show.
** ''Legends'' is the only show [[ProtagonistTitle that has a]] TeamTitle and the only one that's not an actual adaptation.
* OpeningNarration: All the shows have one.
* ThePresentDay: The majority of TheMultiverse's Earths are set in this, specifically Earth-1, Supergirl's Earth, an unnamed Earth, and Earth-19.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality:
** Originally Oliver Queen was a pragmatic hero who was in the process of crossing names off a list of those who "have failed this city," typically allowing a white collar crook to live while having no qualms about taking out mercenaries and corrupt bodyguards surrounding them. He eventually realizes that he needs to change his ways, but the pre-existing body count seemed to be ignored in his current ThouShaltNotKill mood.
** Team Flash went further by keeping the metahumans illegally locked in a private prison without due process of the law - which they tried to justify InUniverse, because Iron Heights Prison was ''not'' capable of holding them. That didn't stop them from briefly holding the Pied Piper (a non metahuman) prisoner though. Eventually [[spoiler: they all escape in a botched prison transfer so all it was for naught]].
* ProtagonistTitle: The shows are named after their respective main characters (or rather, their superhero identities) except ''Legends'', which went with TeamTitle instead.
* RedHerring: The showrunners present some elements from the comics, then have fun with it by either subverting or double-subverting it.
* RedIsHeroic: The Flash being the most notable example. Ray Palmer also has a stronger red ColorMotif than blue. Also both Arsenal and Speedy.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
** The most prominent example would be Thea Queen, who is Mia Dearden re-imagined as Oliver Queen's younger sister. [[spoiler: Not only that, as it also turns out that she is actually Malcolm Merlyn's (Arthur King/Merlyn) daughter after having a brief affair with Oliver's mother.]]
** Technically, Barry Allen to the Wests, as he was adopted by them in this version after that fateful event with his parents, though he has married Iris in the comics (albeit not the current post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' timeline, thanks to CosmicRetcon).
** Shado is re-imagined as Yao Fei's daughter. Their respective counterparts have not even met.
** The two Tricksters, James Jesse and Axel Walker, are reimagined as father and son, although this was probably only done so that Creator/MarkHamill could say "[[Franchise/StarWars I am your father]]."
** Since [[spoiler: Sara]] dons the identity of White Canary in ''Legends'', this makes said character related to [[spoiler: (Quentin) Larry, Dinah (Drake), and (Dinah) Laurel Lance. In the comics, the White Canary is a self-appointed ArchEnemy of (Laurel, the second) ComicBook/BlackCanary.]]
** Played with with the ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and her father. It is later revealed that the head of the Bertinelli family is not Helena's biological father, but he still pretty much raised her anyway. Then again, her father in the show is a CompositeCharacter of both her legal father and her biological ArchnemesisDad anyway.
** [[spoiler: Caitlin Snow]] and [[spoiler: Ronnie Raymond]] were married in the ''Flash'' first season finale. In the comics, they're enemies (though not without FoeRomanceSubtext, especially on the former's part).
** Inverted with Felicity Smoak and Ronnie Raymond. In the comics, the former is the latter's stepmother. Here, they have no relation and do not even know each other (yet).
** Walter Steele becomes Oliver's (and Mia Dearden's, see above) stepfather. In the comics, Walter is a very minor character.
** Inverted with Deathstroke and Ravager. Canonically, the latter is the former's illegitimate daughter. Here, she's merely his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Justified though, as she's a CompositeCharacter of Ravager and Isabel Rochev, the latter of whom is her main counterpart.
** A remixed variant. TheVerse's version of [[spoiler: Wally West is Iris' brother instead of nephew because they want closer ties between the characters]].
** Inverted with [[spoiler: Barry Allen and Eobard Thawne's ancestor. In the comics, Eobard Thawne's ancestor, Malcolm Thawne/Cobalt Blue, was Barry's EvilTwin. While [[AdaptationNameChange Eddie]] [[AdaptationalHeroism Thawne]] is still Eobard's ancestor, he's not a relative of Barry's.]]
** [[spoiler: Oliver and Nyssa were married at the penultimate episode of Season 3. In the comics, Oliver has only been married to Dinah Laurel Lance while Nyssa has always been single. In turn, this makes him son-in-law to Ra's Al-Ghul and her in-laws with the Queens and Mia Dearden (again, see above).]]
** Inverted with Oliver and Connor Hawke. In the comics, the latter is the former's son. Here, they have no relation to each other and the latter is instead the son of [[spoiler: Diggle and his wife Lyla aka Harbringer]], which in turn plays this straight with the mother.
** [[spoiler: Jesse Quick becomes the daughter of the S.T.A.R. Labs founder (their Earth-2 versions, at least). In the comics, the S.T.A.R. Labs founder is a minor character while her father is Johnny Quick.]]
** [[spoiler: Felicity Smoak becomes the daughter of Noah Kuttler aka The Calculator. In the comics they have no connection, as she's a ''Firestorm'' character while he is a ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' villain. ]]
** [[spoiler: A variation with Barry Allen and Jay Garrick - The latter is his father's Earth-3 counterpart who somehow had a different name (Earth-1 Henry hinted at this when he said that Garrick was his mother's maiden name).]]
* RetCanon: Elements of the shows have started to influence the comics canon.
* RetroUniverse: Some parts of TheMultiverse, specifically Earth-2 (styled mostly on 1920s-1930s ArtDeco), Earth-17 (early 1900s {{Steampunk}}), and an unnumbered Earth (set in TheWildWest).
* RippleEffectProofMemory: TheVerse is prone to CosmicRetcon. But there are those who are immune, such as...
** Cisco Ramon, who has the ability to see changes in time and dimensions. This is the first evidence that he is also a metahuman, with gradually increasing strength and control.
** In general, speedsters such as Barry Allen and Eobard Thawne seem to have this whenever they travel through time (especially justified when there's MentalTimeTravel involved). Notably averted in ''The Flash'' Season 3 where [[spoiler:Barry, having created the 'Flashpoint' timeline, gradually starts to lose his memories of his original timeline the more he uses his speed]].
** Similar to speedsters, the Legends are also aware of the changes in the timeline due to being in the temporal zone for most of the time.
** ''The Flash'' Season 3 BigBad [[spoiler:Dr. Alchemy appears to have this, and seems to have the ability of giving others this as well - for instance, he restores Edward Clariss' memories of the 'Flashpoint' timeline, enabling him to resume his identity as villainous speedster 'the Rival' in the normal timeline]].
** Related to the above, it seems that [[spoiler:people who were metahumans in the 'Flashpoint' timeline can subconsciously remember their 'Flashpoint' lives through dreams. This happened to Frankie Kane AKA Magenta, and its implied this is happening to Wally as well]].
** ''The Flash'' Season 3 establishes that this applies to people on parallel earths while the timeline is being changed. Therefore, [[spoiler:Earth 2 Harrison Wells and Jesse remember how the timeline was during their time on Earth 1 prior to Barry creating (and undoing) the Flashpoint timeline and are as unfamiliar with the changes to the revised Season 3 timeline as Barry is. This also explains Jay Garrick's awareness of Barry altering Earth 1's timeline]].
* RoguesGallery:
** Zig-zagged in Arrow. The show is centered around a seasonal BigBad, and while there are recurring villains like China White, Count Vertigo and the Suicide Squad, they are only minor villains in the grand scheme of things. Justified, as Green Arrow is notable for his lack of a rogues gallery in the comics.
** Played straight in The Flash, which has one of the most famous galleries in the comics. In addition to Cold's gang - the Rogues, which form a BigBadEnsemble with the BigBad of each season - there are other recurring foes as well.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Both Oliver and Barry do not exclusively stick to their respective canonical RoguesGallery. It goes InUniverse too in the cases of The Clock King, the Royal Flush Gang, Deathbolt and Brie Larvan.
* RunningGag:
** Barry is always late, even ''after'' he got his SuperSpeed.
** Diggle will never stop being weirded out whenever he sees Barry uses his powers.
** It seems to be a general rule that secret lairs in the Arrowverse have [[SwissCheeseSecurity lousy security]]. People can walk right into [[Series/TheFlash2014 S.T.A.R. Labs]] without any kind of challenge and the elevator to [[Series/{{Arrow}} the Arrowcave]], while hidden behind a secret wall panel, was easily ridden down to the lair by Curtis Holt once he discovered it. [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow The waverider]] was also easily infiltrated by the young Martin Stein when they went to TheSeventies.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: [[TheCape Barry Allen]], the {{Adorkable}} NiceGuy vs. [[TheCowl Oliver Queen]], the brooding JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* SerialEscalation: While the conflicts were quite personal and mostly citywide before, both the BigBad of Arrow Season 4 and Flash Season 2 now seek to [[spoiler: conquer (in Flash's case) and destroy (in Arrow's case) the ''entire world''.]]
* SharedUniverse: While the shows have largely the same producers, they have different writers.
* SiblingTeam: Leonard and Lisa Snart, Mark and Clyde Mardon and [[spoiler: Oliver and Thea Queen]] starting ''Arrow'' Season 4. Averted by the Lance sisters, since they go on their separate paths, [[spoiler: and later Laurel is killed by Damian Darhk.]]
* SiblingsInCrime: The aforementioned Snart and Mardon siblings.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Comes with the two main heroes being TheCape and TheCowl. Barry's a NiceGuy and when he got his super speed becoming a hero was just natural to him. By contrast Oliver was a selfish playboy and became a hero as a way to atone for his own misdeeds and to fulfill his father's dying wish for him to save their WretchedHive of a city; and even then he had to go through five years of TrainingFromHell on an inhospitable island before he could even begin to fulfill his father's wish. Barry has always valued help from others since day one, while Oliver has to be persuaded to accept any help.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Majority of which are {{Posthumous Character}}s in the comics for the sake of their loved ones' DeathByOriginStory.
** Moira Queen died along with her husband Robert in most ComicBook/GreenArrow stories. [[spoiler: She dies near the end of Season 2 courtesy of Slade Wilson.]]
** In most stories, Dinah Drake Lance died [[DependingOnTheWriter before or around the time]] Laurel is the ComicBook/BlackCanary. She's alive as of Season 4. [[spoiler: Her other daughter Sara [[DecompositeCharacter covered that, among other things]]. [[BackFromTheDead Or so it seems]].]]
** In relation to the above, Detective (Quentin) Larry Lance [[DependingOnTheWriter is usually]] dead by the time Laurel is the ComicBook/BlackCanary. He's alive as of Season 4.
** In the comics, her entire family's death at her very young age is what pushed Helena Bertinelli to become The ComicBook/{{Huntress}}. Here, her father is not only still alive but also becomes an ArchnemesisDad for her. [[spoiler: He survived until the third quarter of Season 2.]]
** Maseo Yamashiro's death is integral to [[ComicBook/{{Katana}} his wife Tatsu's]] backstory, ditto their twin daughters'. Here, he outlived their child [[spoiler: for five years until Tatsu, in Katana gear, (forcefully) killed him herself at the penultimate episode of Season 3]].
** In the comics, Henry Allen [[DownerEnding dies in prison while not being able to have his name cleared]]. Barry was able to prove his innocence and he was set free in the Season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: only to be killed by Zoom near the end of the season]].
** In most stories, Iris West's mother is long dead. She shows up during ''Flash''[='=]s second season. [[spoiler: She's revealed to be an IllGirl living on borrowed time, and eventually succumbed to her illness in the middle of the season.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the {{Franchise/DCAU}}. Both started with a show based on TheCowl, followed by a spinoff with TheCape, and then led into a team-up show.
* StatuesqueStunner: Some women literally just tower over the others.
** Helena Bertinelli, Nyssa Al-Ghul, Betti Sans Souci, Kendra Saunders and Patty Spivot all stand 5'8. Ditto for Sara Lance's [[TheOtherDarrin original actress]] Jacqueline [=McInnes=] Wood.
** Laurel Lance came [[IncrediblyLamePun short]] at 5'7 1/2.
** Valentina Vostok is the tallest female character to date at 5'11.
* StealthPun: TheVerse just loves making very subtle {{Visual Pun}}s for the sake of ActorAllusion, namely;
** Creator/KatieCassidy, a prominent "Scream Queen" during the 2000s, plays Laurel Lance, who in the comics is [[MakeMeWannaShout renowned for screaming]].
** The penultimate episode of ''Flash'' Season 1 shows [[Creator/WentworthMiller Captain Cold]] arranging a literal Series/PrisonBreak for [[spoiler: Barry's RoguesGallery]].
** Creator/BrandonRouth's StarMakingRole is playing [[Film/SupermanReturns Superman]], aka "The Man of Steel". His character in TheVerse is wearing PowerArmor, literally making him just that.
** [[invoked]] Liam [=McIntyre=], whose StarMakingRole is playing the titular ''Series/{{Spartacus}}'' whose RedBaron is "The Bringer of Rain", plays Mark Mardon, a recurring villain with WeatherManipulation powers.
* StudentAndMasterTeam:
** Oliver spent the first three years of the ''Arrow'' flashbacks teaming up with his mentors Slade, Shado, and Maseo. The role is reversed by present day, as the now experienced Oliver now serves as the BigBrotherMentor to many heroes, namely; Roy, Barry, Curtis, Rene, Rory, and Evelyn.
** Speaking of Barry, he double-subverts this with Jay Garrick. [[spoiler:This is because the first "Jay Garrick" is actually the Season 2 BigBad in disguise. However, once he finds the real Jay (who is his late father's AlternateSelf), the latter becomes a straight-out SternTeacher to him.]]
** According to Leonard Snart, his father was the one who thought him how to be a criminal, and did it by taking him to different jobs.
** Ra's Al-Ghul can be seen fighting along the League of Assassins, all of whom he personally trained.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Both of the Lance Sisters have been killed off in this manner. Sara was killed in Season 3 to motivate Laurel to become the Black Canary, but the negative reaction from the audience led to Sara being resurrected early in Season 4 so she could star in "Legends of Tomorrow". However later in the season, Laurel was killed off because the writers needed to decide what character was going to be in the infamous grave so they picked Laurel on a whim; and ''this'' time the writers have made in clear they want this Lance sister to stay dead - regardless on how much the death angered the audience. Naturally, Katie Cassidy (Laurel's actress), has been confirmed to have a recurring role in the 2016-2017 season in all the Arrowverse shows, although at what capacity is unclear.]]
* SuperheroPrevalenceStages: It started out Early Stage in ''Arrow'' season one. Five years on, it's well into the Middle - while there isn't yet a single "superhero governing body", the various heroes are a matter of public knowledge and regularly help each other out
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Implemented in general, but defied in practice. It's discussed InUniverse; the Flash and Arrow's methods work well in their own cities but not in each other's cities. Central City is more or less an average city, so the police can handle normal criminals while the Flash focuses on the super villains and the rogue metahumans (he fights minor crimes as well, just not as prominently). Starling City is a WretchedHive to the point where the police are out of their depth so Oliver as a brutual vigilante is tolerated out of necessity. In Starling City, Barry doesn't understand how to handle their kind of criminals, and Central City has little tolerance for a vigilante like Oliver. Crossovers do happen, though, especially a CrisisCrossover to answer questions about why the other is pre-occupied during other points.
* SuperWeight: As follows:
** Type -1: Harrison Wells following the Particle Accelerator explosion [[spoiler:though this is an act]], Akio Yamashiro, [[spoiler:Sara Diggle]], Nate Heywood pre-powers
** Type 0: Caitlin Snow, Harrison Wells pre-explosion, Moira Queen, Thea Queen [[spoiler:until Season 3]], Felicity Smoak, Dinah Lance, Henry and Nora Allen, Tommy Merlyn, Ray Palmer [[spoiler:out of armour]], Dante Ramon, Barry Allen pre-explosion, [[spoiler:the real Harrison Wells]], James Jesse [[note]]skilled manipulator and gadgeteer, but not a fighter and in his sixties[[/note]], Count Vertigo I, Iris West.
** Type 1: Most characters on ''Arrow'', Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper [[spoiler:when not on Mirakuru]], Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance, League of Assassins members, ARGUS agents, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cisco Ramon]], Hartley Rathaway, Joe West, Captain Singh, Quentin Lance, the Rogues, Shado, Yao Fei, Billy Wintergreen, Werner Zytle, Slade Wilson [[spoiler:pre-Mirakuru, and after being depowered]], Rip Hunter.
** Type 2: Slade Wilson [[spoiler:after the Mirakuru injection]][[note]] tougher than most Mirakuru soldiers due to getting a direct dose, so higher end of Type 2[[/note]], most Mirakuru soldiers[[note]]freakishly strong, but a very diluted sample of Mirakuru reduces their durability and they're not as strong as Slade or Cyrus[[/note]], Cyrus Gold, Barry Allen post-explosion[[note]]has the potential to be so much stronger, but is still learning how to use his powers at the start of the show[[/note]], Roy G. Bivolo, Bette Sans Souci, Clyde Mardon [[note]]potential to be very powerful, but not very skilled. Also not as immune to bullets as he would think[[/note]], Shawna Baez, Kyle Nimbus, Tony Woodward, Hannibal Bates, Danton Black, [[spoiler:Cisco Ramon]] as revealed in the Flash first season finale, John Constantine, [[spoiler:Oliver Queen after developing anti-magic powers as of "Genesis"]], Nate Heywood immediately post-powers.
** Type 3: Barry Allen by "Tricksters" [[labelnote: Spoilers!]]can travel back in time twenty-four hours and essentially phase through solid walls[[/labelnote]], the Reverse-Flash, Deathbolt, Blackout, Mark Mardon [[note]]same powers as his brother but has mastered them to deadly effect, nearly destroyed the city[[/note]], Ray Palmer [[spoiler:in his A.T.O.M. armour]], Grodd [[note]]can PunchCatch a supersonic punch, is particularly strong even by gorilla standards, also capable of MindRape and shrugged off being hit by a train[[/note]], [[spoiler:Jay Garrick]], Killer Frost[[note]]Earth-2 Caitlin Snow[[/note]], Damian Darhk.
** Type 4: Zoom, Kara Zor-El, J'onn J'onzz, [[PlayingWithFire Firestorm]], Barry as of "The Race Of His Life" (now knows how to do everything Zoom can do),(semi-debatably) Fully-Powered Reverse-Flash (Equal to the Future Flash, who has "centuries" of experience and is undeniably a [[SuperIntelligence Super Genius]]), Savitar, Nate Heywood as of "Outlaw Country".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Not a straight-out copy, but in some instances it really feels like the Arrow producers wanted to do a Batman show instead (especially during Season 3 with the whole Ra's Al Ghul plot).
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The heroes' bases of operations having poor security measures is the most consistent RunningGag in TheVerse.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: All over the place. How they use their appeal varies, if they use it at all. There's Barry Allen (6'2), Ray Palmer (6'3), Kal El-/Clark Kent (6'), Tommy Merlyn (5'11), Hunter Zolomon (6'3), Ronnie Raymond (5'11), Malcolm Merlyn (6'), Mark Mardon (6'2), Leonard Snart (6'1), Carter Hall (5'11), and Jeremiah Danvers (5'11).
* TallDarkAndSnarky: All over the place. Whether they're [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], [[IceQueen icy]], or both varies. There's Oliver Queen (6'1), John Diggle (6'2), Quentin Lance (6'3 1/2), Hank Henshaw, [[spoiler:who is actually J'onn J'onzz]] (6'1), Malcolm Merlyn (6'), Slade Wilson (5'11), Harrison Wells, [[spoiler: both the impostor and the Earth-2 version]] (6'), Helena Bertinelli (5'8, which is tall for a woman), Nyssa Al-Ghul (5'8), Ra's Al-Ghul (6'), Leonard Snart (6'1), Mick Rory (6'2), Mark Mardon (6'2), Carter Hall (5'11), Vandal Savage (6'1), Earth-2 Ronnie Raymond (5'11), [[spoiler:Earth-2 Laurel Lance]] (5'7 1/2), and Hunter Zolomon (6'3).
* TheTeam: Each hero has one in their respective shows. ''Legends'' will take it into another level as it will be a true EnsembleCast unlike ''Arrow'', ''Flash'' and ''Vixen''.
* TimeTravel: Tackled more on both ''The Flash'' and ''Legends'', especially the latter.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The Time Travel ''rules'' of this verse are anything but consistent; even within one show there are multiple contradictions.
* TrashTheSet: The heroes' respective headquarters occasionally gets badly ruined.
* TrueCompanions: One of the {{Central Theme}}s of the shows is for TheHero to see their respective support team beyond just that.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: Many character backstories and the most important {{Flashback}}s happened in this decade, specifically:
** Near the end of this decade (2007), a yacht accident happened which led Oliver and Sara to the long path of becoming superheroes. This path was also directly involved in making [[spoiler: Slade Wilson]] a supervillain.
** At the very beginning of this decade (2000), The Reverse-Flash murdered Barry's mother and his father was framed for it. Around the same time, Dr. Harrison Wells and his wife Tess Morgan suffered a car accident which took the life of the latter. A month after the death of Barry's mother, Dr. Wells opened S.T.A.R. Labs. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident the "accident" was arranged]] by The Reverse-Flash so he can KillAndReplace Dr. Wells, the man who will be responsible for giving The Flash his powers, so he could do that much sooner for his own personal gain]].
** Kara Zor-El landed on Earth in 2003, unknowingly bringing the massive Kriyptonian detaining facility Fort Rozz with her.
** In 2005, [[spoiler: D.E.O Director Hank Henshaw leads a team including Dr. Jeremiah Danvers to hunt down a martian taking refuge at South America. Dr. Danvers encounters and befriended the alien and defended him from Henshaw, seemingly at the cost of their lives. The alien, J'onn J'onzz, then impersonates Henshaw and assumed his life as the director of D.E.O]].
** John Diggle spends most of this decade fighting TheWarOnTerror. His sense of duty and valor are the main reasons why Oliver recruited him and why Dig himself agreed to be both TheLancer and MoralityChain.
** At the very end of this decade (2009), Dr. Wells and General Eilling parted ways after the former was disgusted at the latter's treatment of a specific laboratory test subject, [[KillerGorilla a gorilla named Grodd]].
* TwoGirlsToATeam: The shows love invoking this.
** ''Arrow''
*** Team Arrow frequently have this dynamic starting Season 2 until late in Season 3. By Season 4, this trope becomes inverted.
*** Tempest only had two female members; Moira Queen and an unnamed woman.
*** The League of Assassins only had two known female members; The Canary and Nyssa Al-Ghul. Unless of course one counts the League priestess.
*** The ComicBook/SuicideSquad only has two known female members; Cupid and [[ExiledFromContinuity "an unnamed]] [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn deranged woman"]].
** ''The Flash'':
*** While Caitlin is generally TheSmurfettePrinciple, she's occasionally joined by Felicity, and later Iris, to play this straight. With Iris getting [[SixthRanger inducted into the team in late season 1]], it seems like it will be played straight for good. This trope plays straight starting Season 2.
*** As of the first season, there are only two female metahumans that showed (Plastique, Peek-a-Boo). Same goes for non-metahuman criminals (Lisa Snart, Brie Larvan).
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: It's been a dynamic of both ''Arrow'' and ''Flash'' to feature TheHero (Oliver/Barry) usually accompanied by TheLancer[=/=]{{Sidekick}} (Diggle/Slade/Roy/Maseo for Oliver, Cisco for Barry) and TheChick[=/=]TheSmurfettePrinciple (Felicity/Shado/Sara/Laurel/Tatsu for Oliver, Caitlin for Barry). They're also involved in a LoveTriangle with this dynamic (Tommy/Laurel, Ray/Felicity for Oliver, Eddie/Iris for Barry).
* TheVerse: The shows form a separate continuity from [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse the current crop of DC movies]] from ''Film/ManOfSteel'' onwards, which share their own continuity.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: For the heroes, the answer is almost always "From Cisco Ramon", who takes extreme pride and joy in designing all the equipment Team Arrow and Team Flash employ in their crime fighting.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: So in what part of the country are Central City, Keystone City, and Star City located? What makes this trickier is that both Star City and Central City send their criminals to the same prison. However, Barry runs from one to the other to get "The Best Pizza in the West", so it's in the western United States.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath:
** [[spoiler: Tommy Merlyn]] was wearing a white polo when he was [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled]] by a rebar on ''Arrow''[='s=] Season 1 finale.
** Nora Allen was wearing an Ivory blouse when she was stabbed by a knife in the heart by The Reverse-Flash.
** Hannibal Bates plays with this. His default form was wearing a white polo, but he was shot while impersonating [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne/"Harrison Wells" who is wearing black]]. However, he reverts back to his default form and clothes as he dies.
** [[spoiler: Eddie Thawne]] was wearing a similar outfit to the first example when he performed a HeroicSuicide on the Season 1 finale of ''The Flash''.
** The last we see of [[spoiler: Francine West]] she was wearing a white hospital gown as she's on a hospital bed. Since she died there, it's very likely that she was wearing a same gown (maybe even the one she was wearing above) when she succumbed to her illness.
** Played with regarding [[spoiler: Laurel Lance]], who dies while wearing a white hospital gown, but was wearing [[spoiler:her Black Canary costume]] when she was stabbed.
* AWizardDidIt: Every ContinuitySnarl in the shows are justified by a number of speedsters (Barry and Eobard mostly) and the Legends' constant meddling with time.
* WorldOfBadass: A ''Multiverse'' of Badass given how many superheroes and supervillains exist in many sides of it.
* WretchedHive: Star(ling) City, so much that a gang of thugs was able to turn one neighborhood (the Glades) into his own personal kingdom while Oliver was away.
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